Open AI employee arrested for allegedly hiding a 'sophisticated recording device' in its office
OpenAI discovered a "sophisticated recording device" in one of its offices, planted by an employee who has been arrested, the company said Tuesday.
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OpenAI discovered a "sophisticated recording device" in one of its offices, planted by an employee who has been arrested, the company said Tuesday.
An engineer at OpenAI has been charged with secretly installing a recording device inside a conference room in what officials say was an effort to capture sensitive conversations about the...
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An OpenAI engineer was arrested and charged for allegedly attempting to secretly record confidential conversations inside the artificial intelligence company’s San Francisco offices, the De...
A Saudi national who worked at OpenAI as an engineer is suspected of planting a recording device in one of the company's conference rooms.
Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old engineer who had worked for OpenAI since July 2025, allegedly wrapped a USB device in toilet paper and inserted it into a television located in an 'execut...
Abdulrahman Alfozan is accused of concealing an audio recording device in an executive conference room at OpenAI.
An OpenAI employee with Saudi Arabian links has been busted collecting sensitive conversations from inside a conference room.
Chatbot prompts reveal the engineer’s alleged efforts to set up a covert listening device days before one was found in a meeting room used by high-level executives.
The recording device was found September 30 concealed in toilet paper and inserted into a USB port on the back of a television in the company's San Francisco conference room, according to t...
Federal prosecutors allege the device was planted in a conference room used for confidential discussions about OpenAI's proprietary research, product plans and business opportunities.
OpenAI said a "sophisticated recording device" was found in one of its offices and that the company's own models identified the person who planted it.
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Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old Saudi national, planted a sophisticated recording device in an OpenAI office, authorities said.
OpenAI's security team found the device late last month, and the employee, a Saudi national, was arrested on October 9, the US Justice Department said.
WASHINGTON — An engineer at OpenAI has been charged with secretly installing a recording device inside a conference room in what officials said Tuesday was an effort to capture sensitive co...
An OpenAI employee from Saudi Arabia has been arrested after allegedly hiding a recording device in the company’s offices, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said Tuesday. Abdulrahman Alfozan,...