CNBC October 22, 2021
Key Points
– U.S. intelligence officials warned that America’s status as a global superpower depends on maintaining a lead in five key technologies.
– America’s rivals are trying to steal every one of them, the officials added.
– The five technologies are artificial intelligence, quantum computing, bioscience, semiconductors and autonomous systems, according to a new intelligence community report.
WASHINGTON – U.S. intelligence officials have issued a stark warning: America’s status as a global superpower depends on maintaining a lead in five key technologies – and America’s rivals are trying to steal every one of them.
Officials said they are concerned that foreign theft of American technologies could not only rob the United States of economic leadership in the key sectors,...