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Linwei Ding, a former software engineer at Google, has been charged by the Justice Department with stealing artificial intelligence (AI) technology from the tech giant while secretly collaborating with two Chinese companies, as per an AP report on March 6. ..
Ding, 38, a Chinese national, was apprehended in Newark, California, and faces four counts of federal trade secret theft..
Law enforcement leaders, including Garland, have consistently highlighted the threat of Chinese economic espionage and national security concerns linked to AI advancements...
The unsealed indictment in the Northern District of California alleges that Ding, employed by Google since 2019, uploaded hundreds of files into a personal Google Cloud account two years ago..
Google officials discovered Ding's activities when he presented as CEO of one of the Chinese companies at an investor conference in Beijing three days after resigning from Google on December 26..
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