Ex-Googler Charged by US With Espionage to Boost AI in China
- US claims Linwei Ding stole technology for home-grown chip
- Former engineer pled not guilty to original charges in March
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A Chinese software engineer who worked for Alphabet Inc.’s Google faces new charges of economic espionage by the US Justice Department for allegedly stealing trade secrets to boost China’s AI industry.
Linwei Ding, who was indicted in March, now faces seven counts of economic espionage along with seven counts of theft of trade secrets under a revised indictment announced Tuesday.