( June 29, 2026, 22:38 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Former Google engineer Linwei Ding, a Chinese national, has lost his bid for an acquittal or a new trial after a federal jury found him guilty of stealing advanced artificial intelligence trade secrets from the tech giant in 2023, in an order issued Monday. US District Judge Vince Chhabria said he'll issue a later decision on whether the government proved Ding intended to benefit the Chinese government, an element of the economic espionage counts against him. "At trial, the government offered overwhelming evidence that Ding intended to benefit himself and Zhisuan, the company he was in the process of forming with his business partner in China, when he surreptitiously uploaded Google’s trade secrets during the May 2022-April 2023 timeframe," Chhabria said. See document below: ...
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