US sanctions five Chinese entities linked to theft of Google's AI secrets

The State Department designated Shanghai Zhisuan Technology, MiraclePlus and three related entities, according to Quartz. The sanctions concern connections to former Google software engineer Linwei Ding, who was convicted of stealing the company's AI trade secrets and sentenced to prison last month, according to The Information.

• MiraclePlus was established by former Microsoft AI scientist Lu Qi, according to Bloomberg.

Covered by 3 publishers within 6 hours of the first report.

• The Information: U.S. Sanctions Five Chinese Entities Linked to Google AI Trade Secret Theft

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TI The Information U.S. Sanctions Five Chinese Entities Linked to Google AI Trade Secret Theft · Juro Osawa 1:59 AM

BL Bloomberg US Sanctions Chinese Venture Firm in Google AI Secrets Case · Bloomberg News 3:11 AM

QZ Quartz U.S. sanctioned five Chinese entities over stolen Google AI trade secrets · Cris Tolomia 8:00 AM

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