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Saudi national charged with planting recording device at OpenAI office

Prosecutors say the device, wrapped in toilet paper, was found inserted in a USB port on the back of a TV in an executive conference room.

Tarun Mottlia

Via BBC News

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Saudi national charged with planting recording device at OpenAI office
Image: Image caption, Prosecutors released CCTV images of the suspect allegedly checking on the secret recorder

A Saudi national has been charged with secretly planting a recording device in one of OpenAI's offices in California, federal prosecutors announced.

Abdulrahman Alfozan, who worked at the AI firm as an engineer, was charged federally with using or endeavoring to use an electronic, mechanical, or other device to intercept oral communications.

OpenAI said it had discovered a "sophisticated recording device" hidden in their San Francisco office and alerted the FBI. The company said it used its AI models to…

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