A former Google engineer was found guilty of economic espionage and theft of confidential AI technology for the benefit of China's government, the FBI said Monday. Why it matters: Intelligence and defense officials have long warned of increased efforts by Beijing and others to obtain U.S. intellectual property and use AI against American interests . State of play A federal jury in San Francisco convicted Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, 38, of seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of theft of trade secrets, per an FBI post on X Monday. - Ding was accused of stealing thousands of pages of confidential information containing Google's trade secrets related to artificial intelligence technology and sharing them with two…
A former Google engineer was found guilty of economic espionage and theft of confidential AI technology for the benefit of China's government, the FBI said Monday. Why it matters: Intelligence and defense officials have long warned of increased efforts by Beijing and others to obtain U.S. intellectual property and use AI against American interests . State of play A federal jury in San Francisco convicted Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, 38, of seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of theft of trade secrets, per an FBI post on X Monday. - Ding was accused of stealing thousands of pages of confidential information containing Google's trade secrets related to artificial intelligence technology and sharing them with two…Open
Even though President Trump held a movie premiere for his wife’s new film there last week, he said the state of the building was “actually sort of dangerous.”
The Senate, last week, passed a package of five of the remaining six appropriations bills, as well as a short-term extension of funding for the remaining bill while Congress debates changes to the Department of Homeland Security package.
Melania Trump's big-budget documentary "Melania " drew an unexpectedly enthusiastic audience in its opening weekend: older white women. Why it matters: This powerhouse demographic — which can influence elections — has an uneven relationship with President Trump. But experts said the enthusiasm about "Melania" was less about the president and more about moviegoers' opinions of the first lady. By the numbers: "Melania" earned $7.04 million from 1,778 North American theaters in its opening weekend — a rather successful showing for a documentary not about Taylor Swift or the "Jackass" crew . - This was the highest opening for a "nonmusic documentary" in more than 10 years, per CNBC . - The "Melania" audience was mostly older (72%…
Melania Trump's big-budget documentary "Melania " drew an unexpectedly enthusiastic audience in its opening weekend: older white women. Why it matters: This powerhouse demographic — which can influence elections — has an uneven relationship with President Trump. But experts said the enthusiasm about "Melania" was less about the president and more about moviegoers' opinions of the first lady. By the numbers: "Melania" earned $7.04 million from 1,778 North American theaters in its opening weekend — a rather successful showing for a documentary not about Taylor Swift or the "Jackass" crew . - This was the highest opening for a "nonmusic documentary" in more than 10 years, per CNBC . - The "Melania" audience was mostly older (72%…Open