Ex-Google engineer's conviction for stealing AI secrets partially overturned

Ex-Google engineer's conviction for stealing AI secrets partially overturned

By Tom Hals
Publication Date: 2026-08-20 22:57:00

A federal judge on Thursday tossed part of the conviction of former Google software engineer Linwei Ding, who was found guilty earlier ​this year of stealing AI trade secrets from the U.S. tech ‌giant to benefit two Chinese companies.