Ex-Google engineer arrested for alleged theft of AI secrets for Chinese firms

Linwei Ding, facing four counts of theft of trade secrets, accused of transferring confidential information to his personal account

A Chinese software engineer has been arrested for allegedly stealing artificial intelligence technology from Google while secretly working for two Chinese companies.

Linwei Ding, 38, also known as Leon Ding, faces four counts of theft of trade secrets, US attorney general Merrick Garland said in a statement.

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