OpenAI employee arrested for allegedly planting a bug in a conference room
An OpenAI engineer was arrested after the company said it discovered a "sophisticated recording device" hidden in one of its offices.
According to The Verge, an OpenAI engineer was arrested after the company said it discovered a "sophisticated recording device" hidden in one of its offices.
The employee, 35-year-old Abdulrahman Alfozan, is charged with using or attempting to use a device to intercept oral communications, according to a report from The San Francisco Standard. OpenAI's post about the incident says.
This technology story centres on the United States. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include OpenAI, Abdulrahman Alfozan and San Francisco Standard.
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