Former Google engineer's economic espionage conviction questioned by US judge
By Mike Swift ( May 13, 2026, 02:03 GMT | Insight) -- The economic espionage conviction of a former Google engineer convicted earlier this year of stealing artificial intelligence technology from Google to benefit China was questioned during a court hearing Tuesday by a federal judge in San Francisco. US District Judge Vince Chhabria told federal prosecutors that he is "somewhat skeptical that these espionage counts can hold up" in the case of former Google engineer Linwei Ding.A federal judge signaled he might throw out the economic espionage conviction of a former Google engineer convicted earlier this year of stealing advanced artificial intelligence trade secrets from the tech giant to benefit China in 2023....
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