A US judge tosses part of the conviction of ex-Google engineer Linwei Ding, who was found guilty of stealing AI trade secrets to benefit two Chinese companies (Tom Hals/Reuters)

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https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/ex-google-engineers-conviction-stealing-ai-secrets-partially-overturned-2026-08-20/">A US judge tosses part of the conviction of ex-Google engineer Linwei Ding, who was found guilty of stealing AI trade secrets to benefit two Chinese companies — A federal judge on Thursday tossed part of the conviction of former Google software engineer Linwei Ding, who was found guilty earlier …