Former Google Engineer Faces Charges for Allegedly Stealing Trade Secrets and Providing to Chinese Competitors
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Former Google engineer Linwei Ding was indicted for stealing proprietary AI technology and giving it to two Chinese companies where he worked.
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Ding allegedly stole confidential files related to GPUs, TPUs, AI chips, Google's supercomputing data centers, and more over nearly a year.
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Ding concealed his actions by converting files into PDFs, uploading them to a personal Google Cloud account, and lying to investigators.
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The stolen trade secrets provided key AI and computing capabilities to the Chinese companies.
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Ding was arrested in California and faces up to 10 years in prison and $1 million in fines if convicted.