Published: 11:30am, 26 Nov, 2018 Updated: 1:49pm, 27 Nov, 2018
China is investing heavily in bio-intelligence in a determined bid to beat the US and take the global lead on bio-intelligence. The Chinese government has invested billions of dollars into biotech research over recent years, with its top priority being to develop new vaccines against deadly diseases such as SARS, Ebola and malaria. AI programs able to decode the genetic profiles of entire populations and ecosystems look increasingly likely to create a form of “cyber-colonisation”, which has the potential to bring about substantial shifts in geopolitical power.