# OpenAI says AI helped identify suspect who planted office listening device

https://mins.news/en/item/98712

- CBC News, 2026-10-13 21:05 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/open-ai-listening-device-fbi-9.7379357?cmp=rss

> OpenAI said Tuesday that it used AI to identify a suspect after the FBI arrested one of its employees in connection with a sophisticated listening device hidden in a company office.

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