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Pascale Davies

FBI arrest Saudi OpenAI employee for allegedly planting recording device in office

OpenAI said it has alerted the FBI after it found a hidden recording device in an executive conference room in its San Francisco office, which led to the firing of an employee.

The suspect was identified as employee Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old Saudi national, who was arrested on October 9, about a week after OpenAI discovered the surveillance device. He made an initial appearance in a US court on Tuesday.

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