US charges three people with conspiring to divert AI tech to China

A U.S. Justice Department logo or seal showing Justice Department headquarters, known as "Main Justice," is seen behind the podium in the Department's headquarters briefing room before a news conference with the Attorney General in Washington, January 24, 2023.  (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)

WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday that three people have been charged with conspiring to unlawfully divert U.S. artificial intelligence technology to China.

The FBI said Yih-Shyan Liaw, Ruei-Tsang Chang, and Ting-Wei Sun "allegedly conspired to sell billions of dollars worth of servers integrating sensitive, controlled graphic processing units to buyers in China, in violation of U.S. export control laws."



(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington, editing by Michelle Nichols)