US sanctions 5 Chinese entities over ex-Google engineer’s AI trade secrets theft

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The United States announced sanctions against five Chinese entities suspected of stealing American companies’ trade secrets, invoking the Protecting American Intellectual Property Act. The targets include Shanghai Zhisuan Technology, founded by former Google engineer Ding Linwei, venture capital firm MiraclePlus, and three related entities; Ding was convicted of trade-secret theft in January.

The US State Department announced on Monday that it was imposing sweeping sanctions under the Protecting American Intellectual Property Act (PAIPA) on five Chinese entities suspected of stealing trade secrets from American companies. The targets include Shanghai Zhisuan Technology, founded by former Google software engineer Ding Linwei, venture capital firm MiraclePlus and three related entities. Ding was convicted of seven counts of trade secret theft in January. A federal judge subsequently...