Bondi businessman accused of selling secrets to China can only be accused of plagiarism, lawyers argue

Lawyers for Alexander Csergo say a search using AI tools used to check plagiarism at universities verified his claim he provided open source material

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Lawyers for a Bondi businessman accused of selling Australian secrets to China say simple artificial intelligence tools used to check for plagiarism at universities verified his claim he only provided publicly available information.

Alexander Csergo watched on via video link from Sydney's Parklea prison on Wednesday as prosecutors told Downing Centre local court they would ask the federal attorney general's department if it wanted to continue his case.