Billionaire Tech Bros Secretly Trying to Make Genetically Engineered Babies
2025-11-10
The Daily Beast
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Silicon Valley startup Preventive, backed by Sam Altman and Brian Armstrong, is developing AI-enabled embryo gene editing to prevent hereditary diseases. Despite global bans and ethical concerns, the company seeks to create genetically modified babies, raising significant risks of future harm but with no confirmed incidents yet.[AI generated]
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
The article describes a start-up working on gene editing technologies to modify embryos, which likely involves AI systems for complex genetic analysis and editing. While no direct harm has occurred yet, the potential for significant ethical, human rights, and societal harms is credible and plausible, especially given the controversial nature of embryo genetic modification and the exploration of conducting research in countries with more permissive laws. The event does not describe realized harm but highlights a credible risk of future harm, fitting the definition of an AI Hazard rather than an AI Incident or Complementary Information.[AI generated]