{
  "id": 15739737,
  "title": "Four Z.ai founders participated in a 2018 to 2021 research project co-funded by CGTRI, which the UK's MI5 said had \"very strong ties\" to China's main spy agency (Bloomberg)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/four-z-ai-founders-participated-in-a-2018-to-2021-research-project-co",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-20T11:35:03.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-19/z-ai-founders-worked-on-research-funded-by-china-institute-uk-tied-to-spies?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc5MjQ1MTMzNCwiZXhwIjoxNzkzMDU2MTM0LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUTUxFQ0RLSkg2VjgwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIzNzFCRTgwQ0Q5RkE0NDU0OTdFQkU2NzI0NURDMDg4QSJ9.dXDvRdK8ysRYiIyeESwFQdgvip-fNHBbT61lJBZyzNc"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Four founders of one of China's most promising artificial intelligence companies, Z.AI Co., worked on research …",
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  "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."
}