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Ex-OpenAI employee accused of planting device appears to have Saudi backing, court filing shows

The Hindu

Ex-OpenAI employee accused of planting device appears to have Saudi backing, court filing shows

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Ex-OpenAI employee accused of planting device appears to have Saudi backing, court filing shows left A man described as Abdulrahman Alfozan, a Saudi national employed as an OpenAI engineer, looks behind a television where a recording device had been placed at a conference room in OpenAI offices, in a still image from surveillance video included in a charging document after U.S. federal agents the man and charged him with installing a hidden audio recording device, in San Francisco, California, U.S., on October 5, 2026. Handout from Department of Justice via Reuters Handout from Department of Justice via Reuters https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/v60ojr/article71602975.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/2026-10-19T152058Z_1186120503_RC2F2OAHBK9X_RTRMADP_3_OPENAI-SPYING-SAUDI.JPG DOJ FILE PHOTO: A man described as Abdulrahman Alfozan, a Saudi national employed as an OpenAI engineer, looks behind a television where a recording device had been placed at a conference…

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