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  "id": 18479,
  "title": "Chinese military researchers tap U.S. AI models to train defense systems",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/chinese-military-researchers-tap-u-s-ai-models-to-train-defense",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-01T22:32:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/02/asia-pacific/chinese-military-us-ai-models-train/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The report shows widespread use of a technique known as \"model distillation,\" in which outputs from a powerful AI system are used to train smaller, specialized models.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "At the UN AI for Good summit, a big Chinese delegation argued Chinese open-source AI models are the future for most of the world, while US presence was muted (J.D. Capelouto/Semafor)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/at-the-un-ai-for-good-summit-a-big-chinese-delegation-argued-chinese",
        "published": "2026-08-01T09:35:22.000Z"
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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."
}