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China Awarded 2,800 Military AI Contracts, Many to Private Sector: Report

The CCP’s military wing awarded the AI contracts from 2023-2024, including hundreds to non-traditional vendors without known state ties.
China Awarded 2,800 Military AI Contracts, Many to Private Sector: Report
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) officers stand in front of a window before a welcome ceremony for U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley at the Bayi Building in Beijing on Aug. 16, 2016. Mark Schiefelbein/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Andrew Thornebrooke
Andrew Thornebrooke
National Security Correspondent
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The Chinese communist regime issued more than 2,800 military contracts for artificial intelligence-related goods and services over a two-year period, a new report has found.

Notably, a majority of the entities that received two or more such contracts were so-called “non-traditional vendors,” organizations with no overt ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Andrew Thornebrooke
Andrew Thornebrooke
National Security Correspondent
Andrew Thornebrooke is a national security correspondent for The Epoch Times covering China-related issues with a focus on defense, military affairs, and national security. He holds a master's in military history from Norwich University.
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