AI Chatbot Becomes Lifeline for Pregnant Women in Kenya Without Internet Access

In the quiet hours before dawn, a pregnant woman in rural Kenya reaches not for a doctor — there is none within reach — but for a phone and a chatbot. Across a country where maternal mortality remains a persistent wound, an AI tool is attempting something modest and profound: answering the questions that go unanswered when clinics are hours away and internet is a luxury. It is not a cure, but it is a presence — a voice in the dark that may, for some women, make the difference between seeking care and waiting too long.