A federal jury in San Francisco has convicted a former Google software engineer of economic espionage and theft of trade secrets, marking one of the most significant US prosecutions to date involving the theft of advanced artificial intelligence technology. According to the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, was found guilty on 14 federal counts, including seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of theft of trade secrets, following an 11-day trial
