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UVU to Host AI & the Future of Freedom Conference October 21–22

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UVU will host this week a two-day conference exploring AI’s impact on freedom, citizenship and government, followed by hands-on demonstrations of technologies supporting transparency, accountability, decentralization and individual control over data. Mark Tullis Oct 19, 2026 - 4 min read Clarke Building, UVU, Orem Utah.

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