Ex-Google engineer charged with espionage to boost AI in China


Visitors pass by a Google booth promoting Artificial Intelligence at a supply chain expo in Beijing, on Nov 27, 2024. Ding, who was indicted in March, now faces seven counts of economic espionage along with seven counts of theft of trade secrets under a revised indictment announced Feb 4. — AP

A Chinese software engineer who worked for Alphabet Inc’s Google faces new charges of economic espionage by the US Justice Department for allegedly stealing trade secrets to boost China’s AI industry.

Linwei Ding, who was indicted in March, now faces seven counts of economic espionage along with seven counts of theft of trade secrets under a revised indictment announced Feb 4.


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