Google Detects Ding as a Techniologist in China: A Threat to the U.S. Intelligence Integrity?

Then in December 2023, court papers say, Google detected Ding trying to upload more files from the company’s network to his personal account while he was in China. Ding allegedly told the company’s investigator that he’d uploaded the files as evidence of his work for Google.

Software designs for both the v4 and v6 TPU chips, hardware and software specifications for GPUs used in Google’s data center, and designs for Google’s machine learning workloads in data centers are among the allegedly stolen files.

Prosecutors say Ding tried to hide what he was doing by copying the stolen files first into the Apple Notes application on his laptop then converting them into PDF files and uploading them into his personal Cloud account.

Ding allegedly traveled to China to help raise money for the company, which worked on AI, and was announced as the company’s CTO. The invention of a technology company that focused on machine learning and Artificial Intelligence was founded by him one year later.

“The Justice Department will not tolerate the theft of artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies that could put our national security at risk,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement. The technologies that should not be put in the hands of those who should not have them will be protected.

The case is one of many examples of China attempting to steal intellectual property from the U.S. Officials say China aims to use those stolen secrets to supplant the U.S. as the world’s leading power.

Six months after Ding’s email from a Chinese technology company to offer to be its chief technology officer: The case of Rongshu Lianzhi Technology

AI also could become an indispensable tool to help law enforcement protect public safety. If artificial intelligence falls into the wrong hands, there are dangers that could endanger the national security of the country.

More than 500 unique files are alleged to have been uploaded into a personal cloud account in May of 2022, which was when the information was first uploaded.

Less than a month later, court papers say, Ding received emails from the head of a Chinese technology company, Beijing Rongshu Lianzhi Technology, with an offer to be the company’s chief technology officer.