AI. A person visits the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China July 26, 2025
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Linwei Ding, a Chinese national, is found guilty in January of seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of theft of trade secrets for stealing thousands of pages of confidential information
A federal judge overturned part of Linwei Ding's conviction for economic espionage, citing insufficient evidence of intent to benefit the Chinese government.
Ding was found guilty of stealing trade secrets from Google, with charges carrying significant prison terms and fines.
