The Future Use of AI to Improve Accessibility of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Mendizabal-Ruiz et al., 2025
This article explores how artificial intelligence (AI) and automation could significantly improve access to fertility treatments (ART) in low- and middle-income countries by making these treatments more affordable and efficient. AI has the potential to automate complex lab processes and facilitate better sperm, egg, and embryo assessment and selection. This can potentially help remove barriers of high cost, limited medical infrastructure, and shortages of skilled personnel and allow more access. However, implementing AI-driven ART faces challenges including potential biases in AI systems trained on different populations, ethical concerns, data privacy, and social and cultural acceptance. The article concludes that “AI and automation are potent enablers but not silver bullets. When deployed responsibly and contextually, they can move ART toward greater availability and affordability; without such coordination, they risk widening, rather than closing, existing access gaps.”