OpenAI employee arrested for installing secret recording device at company
( October 13, 2026, 21:24 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: An employee of OpenAI has been arrested for and charged with using or endeavoring to use an electronic, mechanical or other device to intercept oral communications, the US Department of Justice announced. According to the complaint, Abdulrahman Alfozan concealed a covert recording device inside the company’s executive conference room to secretly capture sensitive communications about the its artificial intelligence technology. Statement follows in full. ...
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