A genomics screening startup is offering couples seeking to conceive a child via IVF (In-Vitro Fertilization) the opportunity to “Pick your baby” according to an array of desired genetic traits.
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TECHNOCRACY BRIEFS: READY FOR ABUNDANT AI-INDUCED UNEMPLOYMENT?
Ready for massive unemployment for which societies and governments are completely unprepared?
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TECHNOCRACY BRIEFS: AI CRATERING CREATIVITY, AND HOLLYWOOD GOES HARDCORE ANTI-AI
A new study is showing that though AI is being used more to produce creative content, AI’s creativity, especially when given free reign, leaves a lot to be desired.
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HUMAN SET-ASIDES
Will politicians and those in jurisprudence act rationally to compensate and protect people from ongoing rampant exploitation by the AI industry?
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TECHNOCRACY BRIEFS: BIOTECH EUGENICS AND NYT TIMES EV GO FU?
Choosing whether or not to bring children to term based on their genetic attributes is set to go mainstream in 2026.
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TECHNOCRACY BRIEFS: AI ‘RIGHTS’, AND HUMAN REPLACISM
Should “conscious” AI have rights as an evolved, perhaps superior intelligence to humans?
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BASED TECH
Call it a backlash against the DeHuman downsides of AI, the encroachments of ever-more granular surveillance and data scraping, or a desire to simply have tech that just works without unneeded complication.
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TECHNOCRACY BRIEFS: LATER STAGE, BIGGER DEALS FOR BIO PHARMA IN 2026
The Bio Pharma industry will likely be spending more in 2026 on Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As).
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MERGE WITH AI: YEAR-END MIND-VASION ROUNDUP
At the beginning of this year, we designated “MIND-VASION: InternalNET” (2 Jan 2025) as a 2025 top trend.
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AI GIANTS ATTEMPT TO RECREATE THE INVENTION FACTORIES OF AMERICA’S PAST
Donald Trump is slashing funding for the National Science Foundation, canceling research grants that already have been funding projects, and has sliced 18 percent off the National Institutes of Health’s budget.