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China intelligence chief flags AI warfare as key front in tech rivalry

By MLex Staff ( April 16, 2026, 09:14 GMT | Insight) -- China’s top intelligence official has warned that military uses of artificial intelligence are emerging as a key front in great-power technological rivalry, highlighting Beijing’s concern that the technology could reshape the balance of power and intensify strategic competition with the US. Chen Yixin, China’s minister of state security, laid out the assessment in a lengthy editorial published Wednesday in Qiushi, the Communist Party’s leading theory journal.China’s top intelligence official has warned that military uses of artificial intelligence are emerging as a key front in great-power technological rivalry, highlighting Beijing’s concern that the technology could reshape the balance of power and intensify strategic competition with the US....

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