A federal jury recently found a former Google engineer guilty on several charges of trade secret theft and economic espionage, in a first-ever conviction of AI-related economic espionage charges. The ...

A federal jury in San Francisco found a former Google software engineer guilty of espionage and theft of trade secrets in the first-ever espionage conviction related to AI. Following an 11-day trial, ...

On January 29, 2026, a federal jury in San Francisco convicted former Google software engineer Linwei Ding on seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of theft of trade secrets. He was ...

FILE - A man walks past Google's offices in London's Kings Cross area, on Aug. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Melley, File) SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Former Google software engineer Linwei Ding stole ...

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The Google office with logo signage at the main entrance in Pancras Square, London, England, United Kingdom, on Dec, 26, 2025. (Michael Nguyen / NurPhoto via AFP) SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — In closing ...

Feb 4 (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled an expanded 14-count indictment accusing former Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab software engineer Linwei Ding of stealing artificial intelligence ...