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  "title": "Saudi employee arrested for allegedly bugging OpenAI office",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/saudi-employee-arrested-for-allegedly-bugging-openai-office-14333028",
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  "section": "AI",
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  "summary": "A Saudi employee of OpenAI was arrested after allegedly planting a recording device in one of the company's San Francisco offices, the AI firm and federal prosecutors said Tuesday. \"We discovered a sophisticated recording device that was hidden inside one of our offices\" and \"referred the matter to the FBI,\" OpenAI told AFP in a statement. OpenAI's security team found the device late last month…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "Saudi employee arrested for allegedly bugging OpenAI office",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/saudi-employee-arrested-for-allegedly-bugging-openai-office",
        "published": "2026-10-13T23:39:14.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Japan Today",
        "title": "Saudi employee arrested for allegedly bugging OpenAI office",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/saudi-employee-arrested-for-allegedly-bugging-openai-office",
        "published": "2026-10-14T00:07:30.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Saudi employee arrested for allegedly bugging OpenAI office",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/saudi-employee-arrested-for-allegedly-bugging-openai-office-14335862",
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