Former Google Engineer Convicted of Stealing AI Technology for Chinese Firm
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Linwei Ding, a former Google engineer also known as Leon Ding, was found guilty on 14 counts of economic espionage and theft of trade secrets by a federal court in the Northern District of California. The case involves the theft of AI technologies belonging to Google, which were transferred to a Chinese company. The trial concluded in January 2026. No specific technical details about the stolen technologies or their precise impact were mentioned.