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. With control over AI and genomics emerging as key to future global power, Beijing has invested $9bn in boosting its AI and biotech capabilities, both domestically and outside its borders. 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.