Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy noticeOpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and his husband Oliver Mulherin have backed a controversial startup investing in genetically engineering babies to eliminate hereditary diseases. Gene editing to create a baby is illegal in the US, UK, and many countries around the world, with critics arguing it is unethical and unsafe. Armstrong backed investing in gene editing, arguing that it was necessary to eliminate preventable diseases. “More than 300 million people globally live with genetic disease,” he said to The Times.

Source: The Times November 14, 2025 22:09 UTC