Chinese Google engineer charged with stealing AI-related technology, US justice announces. Linwei Ding, alias Leon Ding, 38, was arrested Wednesday in Newark, California (west) “The Department of Justice will not tolerate the theft of artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge technologies that could jeopardize our national security,” said Merrick Garland, quoted in the text.
The computer engineer is targeted by four counts of theft of industrial secrets, each punishable by a maximum penalty of ten years in prison and a fine of $250,000.