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STARTUPS · 1 SOURCE · The Verge AI

Nolla Health begins Utah pilot letting its AI issue acne prescriptions

Nolla Health announced a Utah pilot where users can scan their face in its app for an AI analysis of acne severity that can autonomously generate prescriptions for mild-to-moderate acne. The program starts with tight physician oversight (two doctors pre-approve AI prescriptions for the first 100 patients), then shifts to post-issuance review up to 500 patients and later to monthly sample reviews; the service costs $4.99/month and is limited to Utah residents 18+—Nolla says its system can prescribe eight treatments and claims it is the first in the U.S. to issue initial AI-generated acne prescriptions.

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COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · The Verge AI

Verge investigation: Kevin O’Leary’s Stratos “Wonder Valley” AI data‑center project stalled after Utah backlash

The Verge’s Josh Dzieza reports on the months‑long saga around Kevin O’Leary’s Stratos (branded Wonder Valley) proposal — a planned 40,000‑acre, multi‑gigawatt AI campus in Utah — which provoked intense local opposition, political pushback, and legal fallout (including a defamation dispute involving Fox News) and has effectively stalled the project. Dzieza frames the episode as part of a wider backlash to the AI infrastructure build‑out and a case study in how local democracy can block large tech developments.

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