Rohan Paul (@rohanpaul_ai) · 2026/10/20 19:25:31
美国制裁五家中企 涉前谷歌工程师窃取 AI 基础设施技术案
美国财政部对五家与中国初创公司“智算科技”相关的实体实施制裁，该公司由前谷歌工程师林伟丁创立。林伟丁被指控窃取谷歌关于如何将数千个 TPU 和 GPU 芯片整合为超级计算机的技术资料，并试图将其应用于中国受限算力环境下的模型训练加速。尽管刑事审判中部分间谍罪指控因证据不足被撤销，但相关实体仍面临资产冻结及交易禁令。
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Rohan Paul (@rohanpaul_ai) · 2026-10-20 11
The US sanctioned 5 Chinese entities tied to ex-Google engineer Linwei Ding, including the investor behind his startup.
Ding founded Shanghai Zhisuan Technology in 2023 to build software that speeds up machine learning training on supercomputing chips.
He applied to MiraclePlus, a Beijing incubator, claiming Zhisuan could replicate Google’s AI infrastructure, and MiraclePlus then took equity for seed capital.
The stolen material centred on how Google turns thousands of TPU and GPU chips into supercomputers, which matters more in China because export controls make efficient use of scarce chips one of the hardest problems in training large models.
Ding marketed that knowledge directly: in a Shanghai talent programme application he said his product would give China computing power infrastructure on par with the international level, and he later told MiraclePlus investors Zhisuan could adapt Google’s technology to China’s national conditions.
The designated entities face asset freezes, bans on transactions with US persons, and limits on financial services and foreign exchange licences.
The criminal case shrank after trial, because the judge overturned all 7 economic espionage counts for lack of evidence that Ding knew his conduct would benefit the Chinese government, leaving 7 theft convictions and a sentence of 12 months minus 1 day.
