OpenAI's head of computing capacity Sachin Katti is leaving the company next month after about a year and is expected to stay on as an adviser (Anissa Gardizy/Wall Street Journal)

Sachin Katti, OpenAI's head of computing capacity, is leaving the company next month after approximately one year. According to the Wall Street Journal, Katti is expected to remain with the company as an adviser. The artificial intelligence firm is planning to spend roughly $750 billion on computing power through 2030.

Separately, an OpenAI employee has been arrested for allegedly installing a covert listening device in an executive meeting room. Tom's Hardware reports that the Department of Justice alleges 35-year-old Abdulrahman Alfozan, a Saudi Arabian national, placed a Seeed Xiao ESP32-S3 Sense device inside the back of a television around September 28.

The device was discovered a few days later. FBI Director Kash Patel stated that the device was intended to secretly capture sensitive communications regarding the company’s super intelligence technology.

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