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Paula Tudoran

Can AI Predict Your Baby's Intelligence? New Genetics Startup Herasight Says Yes—Sparking Fears Of Eugenics 2.0 In IVF

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A genetics startup founded by scientists Tobias Wolfram and Alex Strudwick Young has left stealth mode, with Futurism reporting that Herasight claims its embryo screening platform can forecast a baby's intelligence and the likelihood of developing 17 diseases.

Herasight's launch was announced by Young in a post on X, where he said the company's predictors for 17 diseases had been validated within families and outperformed competitors, including for non-European genetic backgrounds.

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