Utah AI sandbox launches new health care pilots — with question marks
Zach Boyd, director of Utah’s Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy, speaks at a press conference unveiling the AI sandbox expansion on Monday Oct. 5 Courtesy: Utah Department of Commerce
ByChristian Robles,
Technology Reporter, Nextgov/FCW
October 16, 2026 03:50 PM ET
The state is mulling how the high-profile AI initiative will tackle medical liability concerns, independent third-party analysis and other questions.
SANTA FE, N.M. — Utah announced three new pilots last week to test artificial intelligence capabilities that can refill chronic condition-related prescriptions, write initial acne prescriptions and offer virtual physical therapy, but a regulator acknowledged the state still has key questions to address as the model scales nationwide.
Utah regulators have “evidentiary standards, [and we are] working on governance guidance. We're working on a liability bill to begin building the statutory framework around” its AI sandbox, Zach Boyd, director of Utah’s...
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