OpenAI engineer arrested, accused of planting listening device inside company's office
OpenAI engineer arrest
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- NYT World·3h agoOpenAI Engineer, Who Is Charged With Planting Bug, Advised Saudis
The employee, now fired, had said he advised government agencies in Saudi Arabia. He was also listed as a partner at a venture firm with a Saudi prince.
Read at NYT World → - Ars Technica·13h agoRecording device hidden in toilet paper found in top-secret OpenAI meeting room
OpenAI engineer faces 5 years and $250K fine as FBI lobs foreign spy charges.
Read at Ars Technica → - Financial Times·15h agoHe linked Saudi Arabia to Silicon Valley. Then OpenAI found a bug wrapped in toilet paper
Arrest of computer engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan has shocked tech figures in Saudi Arabia, where he is deeply connected
Read at Financial Times → - NYT Business·17h agoWhat Allegations of Spying at OpenAI Mean for the A.I. Industry
The arrest of an OpenAI employee accused of planting a bug in an office of the artificial intelligence giant flags another concern for the industry.
Read at NYT Business → - 7NEWS Australia·1d agoOpenAI employee with Saudi links arrested for allegedly hiding a ‘sophisticated recording device’ in its office
The device was discovered during a regular sweep of a conference room where the device was found inserted into a USB port on the back of a TV screen and ‘concealed in toilet paper’.
Read at 7NEWS Australia → - NZ Herald World·1d agoOpenAI employee arrested by FBI after listening device found at its office
The US Justice Department framed the arrest as important for national security.
Read at NZ Herald World → - DW News EN·1d agoOpenAI says employee caught planting listening device
A Saudi national employed by the artificial intelligence lab has been arrested after a listening device was planted in a company conference room.
Read at DW News EN → - ABC Australia Top·1d agoOpenAI employee busted collecting 'super intelligence' technology
An OpenAI employee with Saudi Arabian links has been busted collecting sensitive conversations from inside a conference room.
Read at ABC Australia Top → - Wired·1d agoAn OpenAI Employee Allegedly Used a Chatbot to Help Plant a Recording Device at the Office
Chatbot prompts reveal the engineer’s alleged efforts to set up a covert listening device days before one was found in a meeting room used by high-level executives.
Read at Wired → - Guardian Tech·1d agoOpenAI employee arrested after recording device found in office
Discovery of ‘sophisticated’ gadget adds to company’s list of privacy concerns after hackings by rogue agents OpenAI said it has found a hidden recording device in one of its offices and has referred the matter to the FBI. One of its employees has been arrested. In a statement…
Read at Guardian Tech → - CBC Top Stories·1d agoOpenAI engineer arrested, accused of planting listening device inside company's office
U.S. federal agents arrested a Saudi national employed as an OpenAI engineer and charged him with installing a hidden audio recording device in an executive conference room at the AI company, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.
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