US hearing warns Chinese economic espionage now targets AI

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A US congressional committee hearing revealed that Chinese economic espionage increasingly targets artificial intelligence technologies to benefit its military. The hearing highlighted ongoing economic and security tensions between the US and China amid concerns over technology theft and influence operations.

The United States has been asleep for decades as China undercut US economic strength by stealing ideas, technologies and, more recently, artificial intelligence advances, with the Chinese military first in line to benefit, according to testimony heard by a congressional committee on Thursday. The hearing by the House Select Committee on China, which focused on economic espionage and Chinese efforts to exert influence at state and local levels, was held amid mounting bilateral tension over export...