The Download: how fertility tech is changing families, and Trump’s latest tariffs
MIT Technology Review - AI
Aug 1, 2025 12:10
Rhiannon Williams
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Summary
The article highlights how advancements in fertility technology, including the use of decades-old frozen embryos, are reshaping family structures and possibilities. While the piece primarily discusses reproductive tech, it underscores the growing role of AI in optimizing embryo selection and improving fertility outcomes, signaling broader implications for AI’s impact on healthcare and biotechnology.
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How decades-old frozen embryos are changing the shape of families This week we welcomed a record-breaking baby to the world. Thaddeus Daniel Pierce, who arrived over the weekend, developed from an embryo that…