Former Google Engineer Anthony Levandowski Sentenced to Prison in Trade-Secret Theft Case

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Anthony Levandowski, the former Google engineer at the center of a yearslong legal battle between the company's self-driving unit and Uber, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on one count of stealing trade secrets

Anthony Levandowski, the engineer at the center of a yearslong legal battle between Google’s self-driving unit and Uber Technologies Inc., was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in prison on one count of stealing trade secrets.

The judge in the case temporarily suspended the incarceration because of the coronavirus pandemic, Mr. Levandowski’s lawyer said.

 

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When self-driving cars are standard, police traffic patrols will be obsolete because autonomous cars always automatically obey all traffic laws. In our driverless future, we can abolish traffic cops

The irony: Uber's self-driving car technology was never better than trash. Unless, of course, Uber was *trying* to kill that homeless woman in Arizona...

A mere 18 months in prison for the theft of trade secrets and economic espionage that undoubtedly benefited a foreign government(s) and/or investors? Unacceptable! Spain

You are always on your own.

buried the lede: 'After losing a $179 million judgment against Google in March 2020 he was forced to declare personal bankruptcy.'

18 months? He could do that standing on his head knowing he has a pot of money waiting on him when he gets out.

mattbilinsky this has your name written all over it

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