FBI arrests OpenAI employee accused of planting hidden recording device

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Saudi national Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, was arrested Oct 9 after OpenAI found a concealed recording device in a San Francisco conference room.

OpenAI alerted the FBI after discovering a hidden recording device in an executive conference room; the employee, Saudi national Abdulrahman Alfozan, was fired and arrested on October 9. [1] [2]

Prosecutors charged Alfozan with using an electronic device to intercept oral communications; the device was found in a USB port behind a television and allegedly captured sensitive communications about super-intelligence technology. [1] [2]

OpenAI said it has no indications that model weights, source code or customer data were accessed or exfiltrated; Alfozan faces up to five years in prison if convicted. [1] [2]

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  1. FBI arrests OpenAI employee accused of planting hidden recording device in conference room

    TechCrunch · · Full text

  2. 办公室被植入“精密录音设备” 沙特籍OpenAI员工被捕

    Sina Finance · · Full text

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