Overview

• Futurism reports that outlets including Newsweek, The Telegraph and the New York Post amplified claims of a humanoid able to carry a fetus to term.
• Snopes found the story’s origin in a Korean report citing a purported Chinese tech site with no discernible digital footprint.
• Nanyang Technological University said no person named Zhang Qifeng graduated with a PhD there and no such research is underway.
• A circulated image said to show the inventor appears mismatched, with on-screen text pointing to a different, unrelated company.
• Experts note that artificial human wombs have not been demonstrated, and there is no independent proof that any such robot or technology exists.