Beijing's first criminal case of AI model destruction has been concluded: A post-90s algorithm engineer received a prison sentence for "database deletion."

On August 4th, according to the WeChat official account of the "Supreme People's Procuratorate," the first criminal case in Beijing involving the destruction of artificial intelligence models has recently concluded: Wang, a post-90s algorithm engineer, was sentenced to five years and ten months in prison for the crime of damaging a computer information system, and ordered to compensate the company for economic losses exceeding 204,000 yuan. At a time when data and computing power are regarded as core elements of new productive forces, the significance of this case lies in the fact that judicial rulings have for the first time established the coordinates for criminal legal protection of AI companies' core assets, and it serves as a warning for data governance across the entire industry.