Google engineer steals AI technology, works for China - US Department of Justice
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Working for a Chinese company, a Google engineer has been secretly stealing artificial intelligence technology since 2022, according to Business Insider.
According to the agency, 38-year-old Google engineer Linwei Ding has been charged by the US Department of Justice for stealing artificial intelligence technology. This involves more than 500 files containing information about the application of AI by Google's artificial intelligence data processing center.
According to prosecutors, around June 2022, the specialist, who had been working at Google since 2019, began cooperating with a Chinese company, which, according to the agreement, could offer him a salary of over $14,000 monthly.
As part of his job responsibilities, the man had access to confidential information about AI models and their hardware structure, such as how neural networks work or are applied.
Later, Ding launched his own startup without Google's knowledge. Moreover, the engineer even asked his colleagues to cover for him so the company would not discover his hidden activities.
The International Monetary Fund stated that nearly 40% of jobs worldwide could be replaced by artificial intelligence.
The expected consequences will be more pronounced in countries with developed economies than in partially developing markets.
