Eva Dou

Eva Dou is a Washington-based reporter covering technology policy for the Washington Post. A Detroit native, she was previously China business reporter for the Post. Share confidential news tips with The Post Latest from Technology PolicyFormer Google AI engineer charged with stealing trade secrets for China firm

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64%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

The Daily's Verdict

This author has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on the author's reporting.

Bias

50%

Examples:

  • The author uses language that depicts China as an 'authoritarian regime' and a 'hostile nation-state'
  • The use of phrases such as 'illicitly transfer advanced U.S technologies to Chinaı creates a sense of fear and urgency without providing any evidence for this claim

Conflicts of Interest

75%

Examples:

  • The article has several conflicts of interest.
  • The author may be influenced by sources that are not credible or reliable and use them to support their claims without verifying them
  • The author may have a bias against China or in favor of the U.S government's actions

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • The article is contradictory in several ways.
  • The author claims that the former Google AI engineer stole information about advanced technologies but does not provide any proof or details of what he actually did or how he intended to use it for China
  • The Justice Department alleged that a former Google AI engineer stole information about advanced technologies with the intention of setting up his own company in China, which is contradicted by the author's portrayal of him as a victim of political persecution

Deceptions

60%

Examples:

  • The article is deceptive in several ways.
  • The author does not provide any evidence or sources for their claims, relying on vague terms such as 'illicitlyŠ and 'hostile nation-stateũ
  • The author uses sensationalist language such as 'vigilant against attempts to illicitly transfer advanced U.S. technologies to Chinaı and 'those who would transfer sensitive U.S technology to China risk finding themselves on the wrong end of a criminal indictmentı

Recent Articles

Former Google Engineer Arrested for Stealing Trade Secrets from AI Program

Former Google Engineer Arrested for Stealing Trade Secrets from AI Program

Broke On: Wednesday, 06 March 2024 Former Google engineer Linwei Ding was arrested and charged with stealing trade secrets from the company's AI program. He worked for a China-based AI company while still employed at Google, founded another China-based company without informing the search engine giant, and is accused of stealing chip architecture and software design specifications for tensor processing units (TPUs) and graphics processing units (GPUs), which are building blocks of supercomputing centers.