OpenAI Staffer Pleads Not Guilty to Office Bugging Charge

An OpenAI engineer charged with planting a hidden recording device in one of the company’s offices pleaded not guilty in federal court. A lawyer for Abdulrahman Alfozan entered the plea Friday during a hearing before Magistrate Judge Peter H. Kang in San Francisco. Alfozan, a native of Saudi Arabia and a US green card holder, was arrested in October after staffers at the artificial intelligence company discovered an audio recording device planted behind a television in an executive conference room, according to the Justice Department. Alfozan had worked at OpenAI since July 2025 and was fired on the day of ... Bloomberg Law provides trusted coverage of current events enhanced with legal analysis.