China is teaching robots to clone pigs, according to the South China Morning Post.

Seven cloned pigs are reported to have been born at the College of Artificial Intelligence at Nankai University in Tianjin as part of China’s bid to remove its reliance on imported breeding stock.

China has been cloning animals for food on an industrial scale for nearly a decade, but this is the first time that they have succeeded in removing human beings from the process – a step that has ‘improved success’ according to reports.