TechEx-OpenAI worker accused of planting recorder had Saudi support, court filing says
US prosecutors say former OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan was in frequent contact with a Saudi royal family member and that a Saudi military official paid for his wife and son to fly to Qatar on a one-way business-class ticket. They argued he posed a flight risk and that his alleged actions could threaten US national security. Alfozan is charged with secretly placing a recording device in an OpenAI meeting room and faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted.
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Ex-OpenAI worker accused of planting recorder had Saudi support, court filing says
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