Google Engineer Linwei Ding Convicted in…

A federal jury has convicted former Google software engineer Linwei Ding of stealing a trove of the company’s most sensitive artificial intelligence trade secrets — a case prosecutors say is deeply linked to China. The conviction underscores how the global race for AI dominance has escalated into a front line of national security concerns. According to federal prosecutors, Ding’s conduct exposed how one insider, equipped with deep technical access, allegedly attempted to transfer the architecture of one of the world’s leading AI infrastructures into a parallel effort connected to Chinese firms. Washington’s response makes clear that the U.S. now sees…