This startup is issuing AI-generated acne prescriptions

<figure> <img alt="An image showing the Nolla Health app" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Nolla Health" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/nolla-health-app.png?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">People in Utah can now use AI to get a prescription for acne treatment. On Monday, <a href="https://www.nollahealth.com/blog/ai-prescriptions-utah">healthcare startup Nolla Health announced</a> that users in the state can scan their faces using its app, allowing its AI system to analyze acne severity and autonomously write a prescription, as <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-05/nolla-health-ai-can-now-prescribe-acne-drugs-in-utah-without-doctors?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc5MTIxNjEzOSwiZXhwIjoxNzkxODIwOTM5LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUTUZMODVLSVAzS00wMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI4OUM4OTNDMDhGOTQ0NThDQkQwQTQyREY1RDFCOTY0QyJ9.crHEdlDbj7Dx78MJpxZ7nHnh7NmskJmIYVmdbeyomfE">reported earlier by <em>Bloomberg</em></a>.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The service is launching as a pilot program with gradually loosening physician oversight. Two physicians will approve each AI-generated prescription before they're issued for the first 100 patients, but will start reviewing them only <em>after</em> they're prescribed for up to 500 patients. "After that, physicians review a sample of at least 10% of …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1005075/nolla-health-acne-ai-prescriptions">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>