No child's play: How AI is helping medicine in assisted fertility

The technology helps doctors by studying massive amounts of data. It's useful but involves ethical concerns

Divya Nayar, 30, a senior manager in a technology company in Bengaluru, is a fan of science fiction. Adithya, her husband and colleague, is not. When the couple’s obstetrician-gynaecologist (OB-GYN) suggested that artificial intelligence (AI) “guide” their fertility procedure, Divya said yes. Adithya, 32, was sceptical. “So, we are having robot babies now?” he recalled asking. (Their names have been changed for privacy.)

Amid rising excitement about AI, science-fiction scenarios seem within the reach of realisation. ChatGPT, the popular AI chatbot that responds to a range of written queries, may have already turned The Great Automatic Grammatizator, Roald Dahl’s short