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Re:Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets by miohtama on Thursday March 07, 2024 @09:11AM (#39629252)
After exfiltrating the data, he was offered a job in Chinese AI startup. Whether or not a real startup, or just s Communist party / military company is an interesting question.
Re:Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets by justaman on Thursday March 07, 2024 @09:13AM (#39629296)
Eventually tech leaders will stop hiring Chinese nationals. This keeps happening again and again.
Re:Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets by edgyquant on Thursday March 07, 2024 @09:39AM (#39629618)
They should already be at that point. I’m surprised it isn’t a violation of sanctions or something to have them working on cutting edge tech.
Re:Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets by xienze on Thursday March 07, 2024 @09:39AM (#39629621)
No they won’t, they’ll get hit with the dreaded “racist hiring practices” accusations. China knows this, and they exploit it. If tomorrow Google announced a ban on hiring any Russian nationals the HN comments and the media would by and large applaud such a move, by contrast.
Re:Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets by a_gnostic on Thursday March 07, 2024 @09:14AM (#39629308)
All Chinese startups are Communist Party companies, success dictates just *how* tied-in they are.
Re:Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets by lucidrains on Thursday March 07, 2024 @09:52AM (#39629792)
exactly, this guy understands how business in China works.
Re:Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets by ClumsyPilot on Thursday March 07, 2024 @10:08AM (#39629986)
How do you imagine this works, western government can’t manage potholes but CCP beurocrats can manage AI, Car production and solar panel production and beat our companies? Are they superhuman?
Re:Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets by ryandrake on Thursday March 07, 2024 @11:03AM (#39630673)
I've worked for a Chinese company and with Chinese company partners, but I am not Chinese, so my understanding is probably very, very incomplete. The way it seems to work is that the "influence" from the CCP scales with the size/success of the company. Every business in China operates at the very least with consent of the government. As they get more and more successful, they gain a little more influence/encouragement/cooperation with government. By the time they are giant, successful companies, they're all but an appendage of the government. Hard to explain as an American because we don't have similar "quasi-government" institutions like this. I guess it would be a little like the Federal Reserve--it's technically not the government, but works hand-in-hand with the government.
Re:Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets by a_gnostic on Thursday March 07, 2024 @11:22AM (#39630910)
You will find, it is closer to the old German standard (1).

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLHG4IfYE1w

Re:Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets by inemesitaffia on Thursday March 07, 2024 @11:16AM (#39630842)
Civil - Military fusion.

Aka COTS, InQtel, CRS.

Check who's in charge of starshield.

Re:Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets by fallingknife on Thursday March 07, 2024 @10:25AM (#39630230)
Bureaucrats in different countries operate at very different levels of efficiency. e.g. Germany vs Italy
Re:Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets by lucidrains on Thursday March 07, 2024 @10:24AM (#39630218)
actually got some government shill who can't even spell to respond. touch a nerve?