FIRST-IN-THE-NATION OFFICE OF AI POLICY LAUNCHES IN UTAH

About four months after its creation by the Utah Legislature, the Utah Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy (OAIP) at the Utah Department of Commerce has opened. According to the lawmakers’ mandate, the new division will explore the most effective methods of AI regulation and guide development of responsible policies.

Directed by Zach Boyd, a former applied mathematics professor at Brigham Young University, the new office is committed to creating a regulatory framework for AI that balances the need to protect the public from potential harm while encouraging innovation, officials said at a launch event held at Kiln, a coworking space in Please log in to see the rest of this story.