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Toilet paper and secret recorders: What we know about the arrest of the Saudi OpenAI engineer

A Saudi national who worked for OpenAI appeared in court this week for allegedly planting a secret recording device behind a TV in one of the tech giant's meeting rooms.

Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old engineer, was arrested by the FBI and charged with using or attempting to use a device "to intercept oral communications".

The engineer asked AI to help him listen in to discussions about AI, according to an official complaint (the document filed in court).

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