The Briefing

The AI choosing who gets to be born in Australia


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Headlines: LA fires still not contained, Penny Wong and Kevin Rudd invited to Trump’s Inauguration, Peter Dutton launches election campaign and Australian Open kicks off. 

Deep Dive: Should artificial intelligence be deciding who gets to be born?

A group of Australian researchers is asking that question, amid revelations the technology is being used in fertility clinics in Australia.

How does it work, and should we be embracing it, or seriously concerned?

On today’s episode of The Briefing, Sacha Barbour Gatt speaks with one of the paper’s authors, Professor of Bioethics at Monash University Professor Catherine Mills, to discuss the the pros and cons of AI in IVF. 

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