former Google A software engineer has been charged in a US court with stealing trade secrets related to artificial intelligence (AI) technology while secretly leading two Chinese companies in different capacities.
Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, is accused of stealing trade secrets about Google. AI chip software And hardware. Ding is accused of stealing more than 500 confidential files containing AI trade secrets from Google while secretly working for a China-based company aiming to gain an advantage in the AI technology race. has been done.
What data was stolen?
According to the indictment, Ding stole data related to Google's tensor processing unit (TPU) chips, which power the company's AI workloads and work with Nvidia GPUs to train and run AI models such as Gemini. It means. We offer tips through partner platforms like Hugging Face.
Ding, who joined Google as a software engineer in 2019, was tasked with developing software used in Google's supercomputing data centers.
“Ding's job responsibilities gave him access to Google's confidential information related to its hardware infrastructure, software platforms, and the AI models and applications they support,” the indictment states. has been done.
Google served as CTO and CEO at the same time
In addition to working at Google, he held two executive roles at two different companies in China. The indictment alleges that he spent several months working in China for a startup technology company and was offered $14,800 a month as the company's chief technology officer.
He is also said to have founded his own technology company focused on AI and machine learning. Ding appointed himself CEO of the startup. In November 2023, Ding pitched his company at an investor conference.
“We have experience with Google's 10,000-card computing power platform. We only need to replicate and upgrade it, and then we need to further develop a computing power platform that is suitable for China's national conditions. “There are,” the indictment says, citing documents about the company.
“We have strict safeguards in place to prevent the theft of confidential commercial information and trade secrets. After an investigation, we discovered that this employee had stolen numerous documents, and we immediately closed the incident. We have reported the incident to law enforcement,” Google's Jose Castañeda told Business Insider.
Castañeda added, “We are grateful to the FBI for helping us protect our information, and we will continue to work closely with them.”
IT Minister replies
IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar shared a post and took a dig at China's 'innovation'.
“Meanwhile, Chinese 'innovation' is at work…😅😅,” he said in a post to X.
Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, is accused of stealing trade secrets about Google. AI chip software And hardware. Ding is accused of stealing more than 500 confidential files containing AI trade secrets from Google while secretly working for a China-based company aiming to gain an advantage in the AI technology race. has been done.
What data was stolen?
According to the indictment, Ding stole data related to Google's tensor processing unit (TPU) chips, which power the company's AI workloads and work with Nvidia GPUs to train and run AI models such as Gemini. It means. We offer tips through partner platforms like Hugging Face.
Ding, who joined Google as a software engineer in 2019, was tasked with developing software used in Google's supercomputing data centers.
“Ding's job responsibilities gave him access to Google's confidential information related to its hardware infrastructure, software platforms, and the AI models and applications they support,” the indictment states. has been done.
Google served as CTO and CEO at the same time
In addition to working at Google, he held two executive roles at two different companies in China. The indictment alleges that he spent several months working in China for a startup technology company and was offered $14,800 a month as the company's chief technology officer.
He is also said to have founded his own technology company focused on AI and machine learning. Ding appointed himself CEO of the startup. In November 2023, Ding pitched his company at an investor conference.
“We have experience with Google's 10,000-card computing power platform. We only need to replicate and upgrade it, and then we need to further develop a computing power platform that is suitable for China's national conditions. “There are,” the indictment says, citing documents about the company.
“We have strict safeguards in place to prevent the theft of confidential commercial information and trade secrets. After an investigation, we discovered that this employee had stolen numerous documents, and we immediately closed the incident. We have reported the incident to law enforcement,” Google's Jose Castañeda told Business Insider.
Castañeda added, “We are grateful to the FBI for helping us protect our information, and we will continue to work closely with them.”
IT Minister replies
IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar shared a post and took a dig at China's 'innovation'.
“Meanwhile, Chinese 'innovation' is at work…😅😅,” he said in a post to X.
