US charges ex-Googler with espionage to boost AI in China https://ift.tt/1Rf8kYb

Linwei Ding, a Chinese national who joined Google in 2019 and also goes by Leon Ding, allegedly stole technology involving the the company's home-grown chip that the search giant uses to train its AI models, such as Gemini, and graphical processing units. He pleaded not guilty to the original charges in March.