Chinese firm reveals how AI is helping breed 6 BILLION cockroaches every year for use in medicine

A factory in China has mastered the art of mass-producing cockroaches, with fears this could lead to a new breed of'super-cockroach'. The facility rears six billion of the critters every year, using AI software to become ever more efficient. The roaches are used in traditional Chinese medicine to create a'healing potion' which is prescribed by doctors. There are fears over what would happen if the colony escaped, however, with one expert warning it would be a'catastrophe' for the 800,000 people living nearby. A factory in China has mastered the art of mass-producing cockroaches.