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Judge Overturns Economic Espionage Convictions in Google AI Secrets Case

Published 21 August 2026

A US federal judge has overturned the most serious convictions against former Google engineer Linwei Ding, ruling that prosecutors failed to prove he intended to benefit the Chinese government when he stole sensitive artificial intelligence secrets.

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