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Former Google engineer must face indictment for AI trade secret theft, DOJ argues

( March 19, 2025, 18:51 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice told a federal judge that the facially broad intent to benefit foreign-government entities that is required for economic espionage is not limited to foreign-government tasking, opposing a motion to dismiss an indictment charging Linwei Ding with stealing Google trade secrets related to artificial intelligence to benefit Chinese companies. “At Ding’s trial, the government will show that Ding misappropriated Google’s trade secrets for the purpose of allowing his [China]-based company to succeed. Ding’s statements and conduct show that he intended and knew that the success of his startup company would ‘help China to have computing power infrastructure capabilities that are on par with the international level,'” it said.See attached file. ...

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