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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Terence Repelente

MI5 Warns 100+ UK Academics Were Linked to China-Funded AI and Spy Technology Research

MI5 warns that Chinese body is targeting UK academics China's state security behind research funding (Credit: Txllxt TxllxT / Wikimedia Commons)

More than 100 UK-based academics contributed to Chinese-funded research that MI5 says could strengthen Beijing's espionage capabilities, prompting an extraordinary warning to British universities.

Britain's domestic security service issued a public Espionage Alert on Wednesday targeting the China General Technology Research Institute (CGTRI), also known as the China Academy of General Technology.

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