{
  "id": 195005,
  "title": "China’s Palantir? Private tech firms surge into defence AI, aiming to match US giants",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/chinas-palantir-private-tech-firms-surge-into-defence-ai-aiming-to-195005",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-05T22:00:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3363032/chinas-palantir-private-tech-firms-surge-defence-ai-aiming-match-us-giants"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The People’s Liberation Army is just a year away from its centenary goals in its evolution into a “world-class” fighting force. In this part of a series, Amber Wang looks at the growing influence of artificial intelligence in combat and the private firms stepping into the area. Roughly two months before the United States launched air strikes on Iran, a little-known Chinese technology company was…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "China’s Palantir? Private tech firms surge into defence AI, aiming to match US giants",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/chinas-palantir-private-tech-firms-surge-into-defence-ai-aiming-to",
        "published": "2026-08-05T22:00:06.000Z"
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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."
}