The Tip of the Selected Legal Iceberg
With nation-states scrambling to dominate artificial intelligence, the question arises: are secrets worth billions truly safe in the hands of employees? The recent conviction of Linwei Ding, a former Google engineer, for meticulously exporting sensitive AI technology secrets to China exposes the immense stakes and vulnerabilities in this global phenomenon. This landmark case prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice starkly illustrates how critical artificial intelligence intellectual property has become a prime target of **corporate


