CNN —A Google employee was charged Tuesday with stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets from the tech giant while secretly working with two Chinese-based companies in the AI industry.
Linwei Ding, who also goes by Leon Ding, is charged with four counts of theft of trade secrets.
As part of his responsibilities at Google, prosecutors say, Ding helped to develop the software deployed in Google’s supercomputing data centers.
Ding was a junior employee, Google spokesperson José Castañeda told CNN, and the company monitors file transfers to cloud storage platforms including Google Drive and Dropbox.
“We have strict safeguards to prevent the theft of our confidential commercial information and trade secrets,” Castañeda said.
Persons:
Linwei Ding, Leon Ding, “, General Merrick Garland, ” Ding, Ding, ”, José Castañeda, ” Castañeda
Organizations:
CNN, Google, supercomputing, Justice Department, FBI
Locations:
America, California, China, United States