"Former Google Engineer Charged with Stealing AI Secrets for Chinese Firms"

A former Google engineer, Linwei Ding, has been charged with stealing AI trade secrets from the company while working with two Chinese companies. The Justice Department announced the arrest, emphasizing the threat of Chinese economic espionage and national security concerns related to AI and other developing technologies. Google discovered the theft and referred the matter to law enforcement, leading to Ding's arrest on four counts of federal trade secret theft. The indictment alleges that Ding uploaded hundreds of files to a personal Google Cloud account and was offered a position at a Chinese technology company, while also founding a startup in China. Authorities seized electronic devices containing over 500 unique files of confidential information that Ding allegedly stole from Google.