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Employee Who Bugged OpenAI Had Saudi Royal Ties, U.S. Prosecutors Say

By Tiffany Li, The Information

Prosecutors allege that the OpenAI employee accused of bugging OpenAI’s office had ties to the Saudi Arabian royal family, according to a Sunday filing from the U.S. Attorney’s office in San Francisco. The FBI arrested Saudi Arabian national Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, on October 9 after OpenAI ...

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