OpenAI finds recording device in meeting room, engineer arrested
What happened
On October 14 OpenAI said it found a hidden recording device in its office and used its own models to analyze the device and its origin, tracing it to an employee who placed it days earlier. The employee was arrested by the FBI and fired. The Verge later identified him as OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan, suspected of planting the device in an executive meeting room. The DOJ said the device was plugged into a TV's USB port with encrypted content, and the employee is charged with using or attempting to use it to intercept oral communications. OpenAI said there is no indication of improper access to or exfiltration of model weights, source code or customer data. The FBI investigation continues.
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