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TechSaudi national charged with planting listening device at OpenAI offices

US authorities charged Abdulrahman Alfozan, a former OpenAI engineer, with planting a hidden audio recorder in a conference room at the company’s San Francisco offices. The FBI alleges he later returned to check the device and that investigators found a similar one in his bag. OpenAI said it had no indication he accessed or took company data.

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AAl Jazeera★★★☆☆2026-10-14 14:39Original

Saudi national charged with planting listening device at OpenAI offices
Saudi national charged with planting listening device at OpenAI officesTech