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ROBOT NANNY DESIGNED TO

TAKE CARE OF BABIES IN ARTIFICIAL WOMBS

Scientists in China have the system enables the Chiang’s story, a child who While Chinese research- to prevent the technol-
created a robotic artifi- fetus to grow more safely is only brought up by an ers have proven that it ogy from being used in
cial intelligence system to and efficiently than in automatic nanny grows up can be used safely for the human fetuses that have
track and care for human the natural environment incapable of interacting development of embryos, completed two weeks of
embryos growing in artifi- of the female uterus. In with other people. legal barriers still exist development.
cial wombs. The artificial
intelligence robot is being
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