Saudi engineer charged with planting recording device at OpenAI

Federal prosecutors charged Saudi national and OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan with using an electronic device to secretly intercept oral communications in California.

OpenAI employees discovered an encrypted, sophisticated recording device wrapped in toilet paper behind a TV in an executive conference room on September 30.

OpenAI used its AI models to track the origin of the device, fired the employee, and reported the incident to the FBI; the suspect faces up to five years in prison if convicted.