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Z.AI Founders Worked on Research Funded by China Institute UK Tied to Spies

Four founders of one of China’s most promising artificial intelligence companies, Z.AI Co., worked on research in a joint project with a technology institute that the UK government accused of having “very strong ties” to China’s main spy agency, according to publicly available research papers from…

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  1. 2026-10-19 23:00 · Bloomberg AI
    Z.AI Founders Worked on Research Funded by China Institute UK Tied to Spies

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