# OpenAI says employee arrested over listening device planted in office

https://mins.news/en/item/98736

- DW, 2026-10-13 21:24 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/open-ai-says-employee-caught-planting-listening-device/a-79655491?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> OpenAI said a Saudi national on its staff was arrested after a “sophisticated recording device” was found in a San Francisco office. The Justice Department said the company’s security team discovered it late last month, and the employee was charged with using a device to intercept oral communications.

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