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Google Staff Steals AI Secrets, Sells to Chinese Startup

Google Staff Steals AI Secrets, Sells to Chinese Startup --  Google is suing employees who allegedly stole the company's artificial intelligence (AI) technology secrets, then sold them to a Chinese startup.  The employee, named Linwei Ding or Leon Ding, was charged with stealing AI trade secrets from the technology giant and secretly collaborating with two AI industrial companies based in China.  Ding was charged with four counts of theft of trade secrets. If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison for each charge.  "The Department of Justice will not tolerate the theft of artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies that could harm our national security," said Attorney General Merrick Garland in a statement, Wednesday (6/4), citing CNN.  Merrick added that his party would firmly protect sensitive technology developed in the United States (US) so that it does not fall into the hands of parties who should not have it.  Ding, a 38-year-old