{"id":44556,"date":"2024-03-07T11:42:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T11:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2024\/03\/07\/ex-chinese-google-engineer-arrested-in-us-for-ai-secrets-theft\/"},"modified":"2024-03-07T11:42:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T11:42:19","slug":"ex-chinese-google-engineer-arrested-in-us-for-ai-secrets-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2024\/03\/07\/ex-chinese-google-engineer-arrested-in-us-for-ai-secrets-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex Chinese Google Engineer Arrested In US For AI Secrets Theft"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> A Chinese software engineer has been arrested for theft of Artificial Intelligence <span class=\"landLinks\">technology<\/span>-related trade secrets from Google.<\/p>\n<p>A federal grand jury indicted Linwei Ding and charged him with four counts of theft of trade secrets while secretly working for two Chinese technology companies.<\/p>\n<p>This was announced by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland while participating in a &#8220;Fireside Chat&#8221; at the American Bar Association&#8217;s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>According to the indictment, Ding transferred sensitive Google trade secrets and other confidential information from the search engine giant&#8217;s network to his personal account while secretly affiliating himself with China-based companies in the AI industry. <\/p>\n<p>Ding, a resident of Newark, California, was arrested Wednesday in Newark.<\/p>\n<p>According to the indictment, Ding stole from Google more than 500 confidential files containing AI trade secrets.<\/p>\n<p>The technology Ding allegedly stole the building blocks of Google&#8217;s advanced supercomputing data centers, which are designed to support machine learning workloads used to train and host large AI models. <\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old professional joined Google in 2019 and his responsibilities included developing this software.<\/p>\n<p>Even while he was an employee of Google, Ding had founded his own technology company in the AI and machine learning industry and was acting as the company&#8217;s CEO. <\/p>\n<p>If convicted, Ding faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and up to a $250,000 fine. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Business News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        window.fbAsyncInit = function () {\n            FB.init({\n                status: true,\n                cookie: true,\n                xfbml: true\n            });\n        };\n        (function (d) {\n            var js, id = 'facebook-jssdk'; if (d.getElementById(id)) { return; }\n            js = d.createElement('script'); js.id = id; js.async = true;\n            js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js\";\n            d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(js);\n        }(document));\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>Ex Chinese Google Engineer Arrested In US For AI Secrets Theft<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2024-03-07 11:42:19<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Chinese software engineer has been arrested for theft of Artificial Intelligence technology-related trade secrets from Google. 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