'Our youth are addicted': Legislature advances pair of social media regulations

Lawmakers advanced bills to protect young people from the harms of social media use following emotional testimony from parents of a teen who died by suicide in 2022.

Delta sued for not taking action before drunk husband hit, killed his wife in S.L. airport parking lot

The family of a woman who was killed after her husband hit her in the parking garage at the Salt Lake City International Airport has filed a lawsuit against Delta Air Lines, saying it should have done something about the husband's intoxication.

People are seeking a romantic connection with AI bots

Companion bots are programmed with artificial intelligence in order to form relationships with human users.

New research shows bad customer service threatens $3.7 trillion annually. Can AI help?

Bad customer service threatens $3.7 trillion annually for organizations around the globe, according to new research from the Provo-based Qualtrics XM Institute.

Only real people can patent inventions — not AI — agency says

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said that to obtain a patent, a real person must have made a "significant contribution" to the invention and that only a human being can be named as an inventor on a patent.

San Francisco Waymo arson sparks fresh debate on self-driving cars

A seasoned San Francisco cab driver might have avoided the intersection of Jackson Street and Grant Avenue, in the heart of the city's Chinatown on the first day of Chinese New Year. But an autonomous Waymo robotaxi did not, and some in the crowd attacked the car and set it on fire.