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OpenAI engineer arrested for planting hidden recording device

US federal agents arrested Abdulrahman Alfozan, a Saudi national, on Tuesday, following allegations that he had placed an concealed audio recording device within an executive conference room. OpenAI, the AI company, discovered the thumb-sized device plugged into a TV's USB port on September 30 in one of its San Francisco buildings.

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