Ex-Google engineer 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金d with stealing AI 貿易(する) secrets while working with Chinese companies

WASHINGTON (AP) - A former ソフトウェア engineer at Google has been 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金d with stealing 人工的な 知能 貿易(する) secrets from the company while 内密に working with two companies based in 中国, the 司法(官) Department said Wednesday.

Linwei Ding, a Chinese 国家の, was 逮捕(する)d in Newark, California, on four counts of 連邦の 貿易(する) secret 窃盗, each 罰せられるべき by up to 10 years in 刑務所,拘置所.

The 事例/患者 against Ding, 38, was 発表するd at an American 妨げる/法廷,弁護士業 協会 会議/協議会 in San Francisco by 司法長官 Merrick Garland, who along with other 法律 施行 leaders has 繰り返して 警告するd about the 脅し of Chinese 経済的な スパイ and about the 国家の 安全 関心s 提起する/ポーズをとるd by 進歩s in 人工的な 知能 and other developing 科学(工学)技術s.

"Today´s 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金s are the 最新の illustration of the lengths (v)提携させる(n)支部,加入者s of companies based in the People´s 共和国 of 中国 are willing to go to steal American 革新," 連邦検察局 Director Christopher Wray said in a 声明. "The 窃盗 of innovative 科学(工学)技術 and 貿易(する) secrets from American companies can cost 職業s and have 破滅的な 経済的な and 国家の 安全 consequences."

Google said it had 決定するd that the 従業員 had stolen "非常に/多数の 文書s" and referred the 事柄 to 法律 施行.

"We have strict 保護(する)/緊急輸入制限s to 妨げる the 窃盗 of our confidential 商業の (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) and 貿易(する) secrets," Google 広報担当者 Jose Castaneda said in a 声明. "After an 調査, we 設立する that this 従業員 stole 非常に/多数の 文書s, and we quickly referred the 事例/患者 to 法律 施行. We are 感謝する to the 連邦検察局 for helping 保護する our (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) and will continue 協力するing with them closely."

FILE - Items are displayed in the Google Store at the Google Visitor Experience in Mountain View, Calif., Oct. 11, 2023. The Justice Department says a former software engineer at Google has been charged with stealing artificial intelligence technology from the company while secretly working with two companies based in China. Linwei Ding was arrested in Newark, California., on four counts of federal trade secret theft.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

FILE - Items are 陳列する,発揮するd in the Google 蓄える/店 at the Google 訪問者 Experience in Mountain 見解(をとる), Calif., Oct. 11, 2023. The 司法(官) Department says a former ソフトウェア engineer at Google has been 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金d with stealing 人工的な 知能 科学(工学)技術 from the company while 内密に working with two companies based in 中国. Linwei Ding was 逮捕(する)d in Newark, California., on four counts of 連邦の 貿易(する) secret 窃盗.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg, とじ込み/提出する)

A lawyer 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)d as Ding´s 弁護 弁護士/代理人/検事 had no comment Wednesday evening.

人工的な inte lligence is the main battleground for competitors in the field of high 科学(工学)技術, and the question of who 支配するs can have major 商業の and 安全 関わりあい/含蓄s. 司法(官) Department leaders in 最近の weeks have been sounding alarms about how foreign adversaries could harness AI 科学(工学)技術s to negatively 影響する/感情 the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs.

副 司法長官 Lisa Monaco said in a speech last month that the 行政´s multi-機関 破壊的な 科学(工学)技術 Strike 軍隊 would place AI at the 最高の,を越す of its 施行 優先 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる), and Wray told a 会議/協議会 last week that AI and other 現れるing 科学(工学)技術s had made it easier for adversaries to try to 干渉する with the American political 過程.

Garland echoed those 関心s at the San Francisco event, 説 Wednesday that, "As with all 発展させるing 科学(工学)技術s, (AI) has 加えるs and minuses, advantages and disadvantages, 広大な/多数の/重要な 約束 and the 危険 of 広大な/多数の/重要な 害(を与える)."

The 起訴,告発 unsealed Wednesday in the Northern 地区 of California 主張するs that Ding, who was 雇うd by Google in 2019 and had 接近 to confidential (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) about the company's supercomputing data 中心s, began uploading hundreds of とじ込み/提出するs into a personal Google Cloud account two years ago.

Within weeks of the 窃盗 starting, 検察官,検事s say, Ding was 申し込む/申し出d the position of 長,指導者 科学(工学)技術 officer at an 早期に-行う/開催する/段階 科学(工学)技術 company in 中国 that touted its use of AI 科学(工学)技術 and that 申し込む/申し出d him a 月毎の salary of about $14,800, 加える an 年次の 特別手当 and company 在庫/株. The 起訴,告発 says Ding traveled to 中国 and 参加するd in 投資家 会合s at the company and sought to raise 資本/首都 for it.

He also 分かれて 設立するd and served as 長,指導者 executi ve of a 中国-based startup company that aspired to train "large AI models 力/強力にするd by supercomputing 半導体素子s," the 起訴,告発 said.

検察官,検事s say Ding did not 公表する/暴露する either affiliation to Google, which 述べるd him Wednesday as a junior 従業員.

He 辞職するd from Google last Dec. 26.

Three days later, Google 公式の/役人s learned that he had 現在のd as CEO of one of the Chinese companies at an 投資家 会議/協議会 in Beijing. 公式の/役人s also reviewed 監視 (映画の)フィート数 showing that another 従業員 had scanned Ding's 接近 badge at the Google building in the U.S. where he worked to make it look like Ding was there during times when he was 現実に in 中国, the 起訴,告発 says.

Google 一時停止するd Ding's 網状組織 接近 and locked his laptop, and discovered his unauthorized uploads while searching his 網状組織 activity history.

The 連邦検察局 in January served a 家宅捜査令状 at Ding's home and 掴むd his electronic 装置s, and later 遂行する/発効させるd an 付加 令状 for the contents of his personal accounts 含む/封じ込めるing more than 500 unique とじ込み/提出するs of confidential (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) that 当局 say he stole from Google.

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