Former Google engineer says US AI trade secret theft charges must be narrowed
By Mike Swift ( March 6, 2025, 00:55 GMT | Insight) -- Linwei Ding, the former Google engineer facing criminal charges of stealing AI trade secrets from Google, told a federal judge that Economic Espionage Act claims must be dismissed because the government never specifically alleged he gave any trade secrets to the Chinese government.A year after a federal grand jury indicted Linwei Ding on charges he stole Google artificial intelligence trade secrets to benefit China, the former Google engineer told a judge in California that the economic espionage charges against him must be narrowed....
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