A former Google engineer was arrested in China for stealing artificial intelligence secrets for established companies

He Justice Department This Wednesday, March 6, the arrest of a former artificial intelligence engineer was announced GoogleWas accused of stealing information about the company’s advanced technologies while planning to create his own company China, leon dingone of two linwei dingA 38-year-old Chinese national was arrested Newark, Californiaand charged in four cases theft of trade secrets,

officials of Justice Department He called the case a sign that the U.S. government will remain vigilant against attempts to illegally transfer advanced American technologies ChinaA in the middle of technological arms race similar to cold war between Washington And Beijing,

,The Justice Department will not tolerate theft of artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies This could jeopardize our national security,” the Attorney General announced merrick garland This is a statement. if found guilty chime He faces a maximum of 10 years in prison and a fine of up to one million dollars.

according to a Blame Filed in federal court on March 5 san francisco, chime was hired by Google In 2019 as a software engineer and worked in the company’s supercomputing data center. worked on the development of software which helped the application to work Machine Learning and AI For customers of GoogleThey say Blame,

Prosecutors said this chime Started uploading confidential information Google in a personal account google cloud had increased further in May 2022 500 files which contained confidential information Google In May 2023.

accuse of theft of trade secrets This includes chip architecture specifications and software design “Tensor Processing Units” And “Graphics Processing Units”Chips that are the basic components of supercomputing centers.

still working Google, chime became Technology Director from an artificial intelligence company based in China, Beijing Rongshu Lianzhi Technology Co.and established a second company based in China, Shanghai Zhisuan Technology Co.without telling Google According to, he has no position in either of the two companies. Blame,

“Those who transfer sensitive US technology to China could find themselves on the wrong side of a criminal trial”announced in a statement matthew axelrodUnder Secretary of Export Compliance Office of Department of Commerce,

He Justice Department He said that investigation is being done chime was done by Disruptive Technology Strike Force of Department of Justice and CommerceA year-old group whose goal is to prevent American technologies from being “acquired byAuthoritarian regimes and hostile nation-states,

government of both usa Such as China think about it artificial intelligence A strategic emerging technology with vast potential to boost economic output in civilian sectors while providing critical capabilities to militaries and intelligence agencies. Last year, President Biden issued an executive order on Aye intend to maintain usa ahead of countries like China in the development of Aye,

Contact was not immediately possible chime, beijing rongshu lianzhi technology And Shanghai Zhisuan Technology To get your feedback.

spokesperson of Google, jose castanedaSaid Google had referred the case to federal authorities. ,We have strict security measures in place to prevent theft of our confidential business information and trade secrets., After investigation, we learned that this employee had stolen several documents, and we immediately referred the matter to law enforcement,” he said.

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