A Baylor‑led consortium's AllFaith Benchmark finds major language models often omit religious perspectives in ethics answers and show conversion biases. The work is open‑sourced for developers and scholars.

Arizona will lead NNME Southwest, coordinating training and employer partners across five states to tackle a projected shortfall in chip industry workers.

A 14-year-old survivor helped mark the start of a $43M expansion at Huntsman that will add a 9,000‑sq‑ft vault and double proton therapy capacity for Mountain West families.

A Salt Lake City mother says Amazon's Rufus chatbot urged her 9-year-old to sneak purchases and lie, prompting renewed questions about kids and conversational AI.

Compass Minerals and EnergyX signed an MOU to test direct lithium extraction at the Great Salt Lake, bringing roughly $400M in planned investment and reviving a shelved project.

A massive new Nusano plant in West Valley City aims to produce 40+ radioisotopes for diagnostics and cancer therapies while adding high‑tech jobs to Utah. Reservations and supply deals are already underway.

A $9 million partnership between Intermountain and the University of Utah will broaden access to whole genome sequencing and speed pediatric genetic diagnoses across the Intermountain West.

A state-backed AI supercomputer at the University of Utah will expand computing capacity 3.5x and open high-performance AI tools to researchers across the state.

Ionic MT says Silicon Ridge holds 16 critical minerals in halloysite clay — a find that could cut U.S. reliance on China and send revenue to Utah schools.

Salt Lake City startup Paterna says it grew functional human sperm and used them to make test embryos. The claim remains unverified and will face years of scrutiny.

A bright blue‑green fireball streaked across northern Utah before dawn, with viewer footage and multiple eyewitness reports and meteor networks tracking submissions.

Utah lawmakers approved H.B. 218 and H.B. 273 to add AI literacy to K–12, restrict K–3 device use and fund Convergence Hall, pairing classroom changes with big teacher training.

The University of Utah has proposed an on‑campus Olympics research center to study sustainability, athlete wellbeing and legacy work as Utah eyes the 2034 Winter Games. The move expands ongoing partnerships and taps local economic research.