US gov’t announces arrest of former Google engineer for alleged AI trade secret theft

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Linwei Ding faces four counts of trade secret theft, each with a potential 10-year prison term.

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Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

According to the indictment, Ding, who was hired by Google in 2019 and had access to confidential information about the company’s data centers, began uploading hundreds of files into a personal Google Cloud account two years ago.

Lmao. Stole googles trade secrets, and uploaded them… To google.

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CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Wait… for $14,800 a month? $180k / year? That’s like a lower salary at Google already? You’d think he’d ask for a lot more for doing something illegal…

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