Bizarre imagery flooded newsfeeds this week as word spread about a new "pregnancy robot" in development in China. The images featured plump human babies curled inside the bellies of chrome-plated robots complete with visible wiring and ample curves, despite their lack of mammary glands.
Many outlets — including Newsweek, The Economic Times, and ChosunBiz — named a Chinese outlet, Kuai Ke Zhi, as the story's source. Zhang Qifeng, the developer of the bot intended to carry a pregnancy from conception to birth, reportedly told the outlet that a prototype would be ready as early as 2026 at a price point under 100,000 yuan (around $13,900 USD).
