Re:Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets
by reaperman on Thursday March 07, 2024 @10:26AM
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I think if someone actually had government handlers asking them to do this, most of those people wouldn't blab about it to their school chums. But there's a subset of people with grandiose delusions / general behavior problems who feel a compulsion to tell everyone about their grand plans/machinations to become rich and powerful.
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Re:Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets
by alephnerd on Thursday March 07, 2024 @11:05AM
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> someone actually had government handlers
It most likely wasn't a Handler/MSS type espionage.
It was most likely trying to grab IP to found a domestic competitor, and raise a Seed round from local government accelerators like those Beijing and Hangzhou have.
Re:Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets
by djtango on Thursday March 07, 2024 @10:29AM
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Reminds me of that scene from Silicon Valley where Jian Yang has a bunch of new startup ideas on his whiteboard
Re:Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets
by ecoquant on Friday March 08, 2024 @06:24AM
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I think you are underestimating how tough it would be to be playing James Bond and not tell anyone.
You wouldn't have to be a delusional braggart to want to tell a friend this. Most spies are not going to be as much of a compartmentalized lunatic like Robert Hanssen or someone at that level.