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'Science fiction gone bad.' Execs quietly compete to create genetically engineered baby, WSJ reports
MSNBCยท 2025-11-12 11:36
While the race for AI captures all of the headlines, there's another one quietly brewing between Silicon Valley executives. The race to create a bioengineered human being, a child. The Wall Street Journal has some extraordinary reporting out that a small company backed by none other than OpenAI Chief Sam Alman has spent months pursuing a secret project for a genetically engineered baby.They are working toward creating a child born from an embryo edited to prevent a hereditary disease. Editing genes in embry ...