A former Google engineer spent months downloading Google’s secret files on self-driving cars before he abruptly quit the company in 2016 to run Uber's autonomous vehicle program, federal prosecutors alleged. The engineer, Anthony Levandowski, has been charged with 33 counts of stealing trade secrets.
The files included critical engineering information, schematics and engineering drawings related to Google’s self-driving vehicle program, as well as documents revealing how Google developed lidar, the company's groundbreaking technology that allows self-driving cars to detect other vehicles in the vicinity using laser light.
The FBI will not tolerate the theft of trade secrets,” said FBI Special Agent. “These are the crown jewels of companies.
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