Multiple social media accounts report that former Google engineer Linwei Ding was sentenced to one year in prison after stealing confidential AI chip technology documents. Posts state he took more than 2,000 pages of files covering custom chips and software for supercomputers while working on Google's core team and building a startup in China. Accounts note the judge dismissed espionage charges. A court news source confirms the nearly 12-month sentence for the trade secrets violation. Online reactions criticize the outcome as too lenient.