Chinese national arrested and charged with stealing AI trade secrets from Google

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A former Google engineer was charged with stealing AI technology while secretly working with two China-based companies. Carl Court/Getty Images

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A Chinese national who allegedly stole more than 500 files from Google with confidential information on the company’s AI technology has been arrested and charged with stealing trade secrets, according to the Justice Department.

The defendant, former Google employee Linwei Ding, was arrested Wednesday morning in Newark, Calif. The 38-year-old faces four counts of theft of trade secrets. Prosecutors say at the same time that Ding was

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