{
  "id": 11105728,
  "title": "UK accuses China of using academics to spy on AI and other tech research",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/uk-accuses-china-of-using-academics-to-spy-on-ai-and-other-tech",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T03:51:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
    "slug": "economic-times-tech",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/uk-accuses-china-of-using-academics-to-spy-on-ai-and-other-tech-research/articleshow/134607583.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Britain's MI5 spy agency issued an unprecedented alert on Wednesday to warn that a Chinese organisation was involved in funding academic research into topics such as AI on behalf of Beijing's state security service.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "UK accuses China of using academics to spy on AI and other tech research",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/uk-accuses-china-of-using-academics-to-spy-on-ai-and-other-tech",
        "published": "2026-09-30T18:16:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "U.K. accuses China of using academics to spy on AI and other tech research",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/u-k-accuses-china-of-using-academics-to-spy-on-ai-and-other-tech",
        "published": "2026-09-30T22:19:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}