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Evidence showed that the former OpenAI employee had been chatting with a member

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A U.S. court on Monday granted the U.S. government's request to detain a former OpenAI engineer accused of planting a recording device in an executive conference room at the

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Accused OpenAI spy had folder called “Saudi Gov Docs,” FBI says

US fears Saudi government will help ex-OpenAI engineer flee spying charges.

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Abdulrahman Alfozan, a Saudi national employed as an OpenAI engineer, looks behind a television where a recording device had been placed at a conference room in OpenAI offices. He was arrested by the FBI.

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Saudi national charged with allegedly installing a hidden recording device at OpenAI…OpenAI used its internal AI models to identify Alfozan and trace the device's origins.

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OpenAI Employee Arrested for Allegedly Planting Hidden Recorder in Executive Conference Room

A Saudi national and employee of OpenAI has been arrested for allegedly planting a hidden recording device in an executive conference room at the company's San Francisco offices

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