Former Google Engineer Arrested for Transferring AI Secrets to Chinese Startups
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A former Google engineer, Linwei Ding, has been arrested and charged with stealing over 500 confidential files containing artificial intelligence (AI) trade secrets from Google with the intention of passing them on to two Chinese tech companies. He allegedly transferred the sensitive information to his personal account while secretly affiliating himself with the Chinese companies. Additionally, a U.S. Air Force employee, David Franklin Slater, has been indicted for transmitting classified information to a person posing as a Ukrainian woman on a foreign online dating platform.
- Ex-Google Engineer Arrested for Stealing AI Technology Secrets for China The Hacker News
- Chinese engineer accused of stealing Google's GPU and TPU secrets, transferring them to China-based startups Tom's Hardware
- US gov't announces arrest of former Google engineer for alleged AI trade secret theft Ars Technica
- Engineer accused of stealing Google's AI secrets for Chinese startup POLITICO
- Chinese national charged with stealing Google AI secrets The Hill
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