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

Economic Times TechAugust 21, 2026en

U.S. District Court Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco ruled there was insufficient evidence Ding intended or knew his ‌conduct would benefit ⁠the government ⁠of China, a requirement to convict him on seven counts of economic espionage. Chhabria said evidence supported ​the guilty verdict on the theft of trade secrets.

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