Open AI employee busted collecting 'super intelligence' technology
An OpenAI employee with Saudi Arabian links has been busted collecting sensitive conversations from inside a conference room.
An OpenAI employee, identified as 35-year-old Abdulrahman Alfozan, has been arrested for allegedly installing a covert recording device in a company conference room. The device, discovered on September 30, was inserted into a USB port on a television in the room. Alfozan, who has been with OpenAI since July 25, is charged with using or attempting to use an electronic device to intercept oral communications.
The FBI stated that Alfozan concealed the device to secretly capture sensitive conversations about the company's super intelligence technology. The employee was fired following his arrest, and the company is cooperating with authorities in the ongoing investigation. Closed-circuit television footage revealed Alfozan was near the conference room multiple times despite lacking access to the space.
Additionally, Alfozan inquired about building addresses, meeting rooms, capacities, and calendars using a productivity tool before his arrest.
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