Artificial Intelligence

A new Utah law requires platforms to let users report AI-generated intimate images made without consent. It also cracks down on metadata storage to improve transparency around AI-altered content.

This year, Utah passed a law that requires data centers to provide an estimate of their future water use. However, conservationists say that actual water use records are still kept secret.

In other news, a bat in southwest Utah tested positive for rabies, the first such case this year. And, Utah has a new custom license plate to celebrate America 250.

A proposal to expand child and workplace protections against AI was circled in the House following criticism from the Trump Administration.

In other news, the Provo City Council unanimously voted against a rezoning request for an AI data center. And, harmful algal blooms were found in Lake Powell.

In other news, gas prices are up in the wake of U.S. attacks against Iran, but Utahns will likely get a reprieve this summer thanks to a temporary gas tax cut.

In other news, construction on the controversial Northern Corridor highway has been temporarily halted as conservationist groups sue the federal government to stop it entirely.

Our guest today is folklorist Lynne McNeill. Lynne McNeill is an associate professor of folklore at Utah State University, as well as co-founder of and faculty advisor for the USU Folklore Club.

A proposed bill would require AI data centers to disclose their water use. The latest version of the bill makes that information public.

Under a proposed bill, AI data centers would be required to report their water use to the state — but the public would have little access to that data.