Former Google Engineer Found Guilty of Espionage and Theft of AI Tech

Ex-Google engineer convicted of stealing AI trade secrets to benefit China

A federal jury on Thursday convicted Linwei Ding, 38, of seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of theft of trade secrets after an 11-day trial in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California.

Former Google software engineer convicted of AI espionage, trade secret theft

The jury found Leon Ding, 38, guilty on seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of theft of trade secrets – including thousands of pages of Google trade secrets that were stolen to help China.

Former Google engineer found guilty of espionage and theft of AI tech

The case marks the first conviction on AI-related economic espionage charges in the U.S., according to the Department of Justice.

Former Google engineer convicted of stealing AI technology

A former Google engineer was found guilty by a federal jury in San Francisco on Thursday of stealing the company's artificial intelligence technology trade secrets for China.

Ex-Google Engineer Convicted Of Stealing AI Secrets For Chinese Companies

Former Google software engineer Linwei Ding was convicted by a federal jury in San Francisco on Thursday of stealing AI trade secrets from the US tech giant to benefit two Chinese companies he was secretly working for