A former Google software engineer, Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, has been indicted in California for allegedly stealing trade secrets related to artificial intelligence from Google. The 38-year-old Chinese national faces four counts of theft of trade secrets after being charged by a federal jury in San Francisco.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland emphasized the Justice Department’s commitment to combatting the theft of trade secrets, stating that such actions will not be tolerated.
According to the indictment, Ding allegedly stole detailed information about Google’s hardware infrastructure and software platform, crucial for training large artificial intelligence models through machine learning. The stolen information reportedly included specifics about chips, systems, and software utilized in Google’s supercomputing data centers, enabling them to execute advanced machine learning and AI technologies.
Source: Reuters