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Ex-Google engineer accused of stealing AI secrets was 'brazen' liar, US says

By Amy Miller ( January 12, 2026, 23:03 GMT | Insight) -- A former Google engineer accused of stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets is a “brazen” liar who mislead others to enrich himself and the Chinese government, the US government said during opening statements at his criminal trial Monday. But defense attorneys painted a much different portrait to a jury of 11 women and five men in San Francisco, countering that he’s an unfairly targeted software engineer who was simply taking notes and making copies of his work, like many employees do.A former Google engineer accused of stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets is a “brazen” liar who mislead others to enrich himself and the Chinese government, according to US prosecutors' opening statements at his criminal trial Monday....

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