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  "id": 14395884,
  "title": "FBI arrests Saudi OpenAI engineer over alleged office bugging",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/fbi-arrests-saudi-openai-engineer-over-alleged-office-bugging",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-14T07:35:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1567099/fbi-arrests-saudi-openai-engineer-over-alleged-office-bugging/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The FBI has arrested a Saudi national employed by OpenAI over allegations that he planted a recording device inside the company’s San Francisco office. US federal prosecutors said Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old engineer, was arrested on October 9. The investigation began after OpenAI’s security team discovered a sophisticated recording device hidden inside an office television. […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Saudi-born engineer for OpenAI arrested for planting listening bug",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/saudi-born-engineer-for-openai-arrested-for-planting-listening-bug",
        "published": "2026-10-14T04:16:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
        "title": "OpenAI fires employee after finding recording device in conference room",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/openai-fires-employee-after-finding-recording-device-in-conference",
        "published": "2026-10-14T06:09:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Saudi man arrested over hidden recorder at OpenAI office",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/saudi-man-arrested-over-hidden-recorder-at-openai-office",
        "published": "2026-10-14T06:50:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Register Science",
        "title": "OpenAI engineer charged after boardroom bug found wrapped in toilet paper",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/openai-engineer-charged-after-boardroom-bug-found-wrapped-in-toilet",
        "published": "2026-10-14T09:55:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}