Former Google engineer indicted for allegedly stealing AI secrets while secretly running a startup in China

Serving the tech enthusiast community for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust . Read our ethics statement WTF?! There’s been another case of a tech worker stealing trade secrets from their employer and handing them over to China-based rivals. Former Google software engineer Linwei Ding, aka Leon Ding, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for pilfering confidential AI tech while secretly working for Chinese AI firms. He even launched a startup in his home country without Google realizing. Ding, a national of the People’s Republic of China residing in Newark, California, has been…