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  "title": "FBI arrests OpenAI engineer for allegedly planting bug in office",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/fbi-arrests-openai-engineer-for-allegedly-planting-bug-in-office",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-14T14:24:29.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/video/fbi-arrests-openai-engineer-for-allegedly-planting-bug-in-office/"
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  "summary": "The FBI arrested an OpenAI engineer for allegedly planting a recording device in a company office. CBS News' Jo LIng Kent reports.",
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        "outlet": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
        "title": "OpenAI fires employee after finding recording device in conference room",
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        "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",
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        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "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",
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        "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"
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      {
        "outlet": "PC Gamer",
        "title": "OpenAI employee arrested for allegedly using AI and toilet paper to record confidential meetings - FBI director Kash Patel jumps at the chance to say AI companies are 'essential' for national security",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/openai-employee-arrested-for-allegedly-using-ai-and-toilet-paper-to",
        "published": "2026-10-14T11:43:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Tom's Hardware",
        "title": "Saudi OpenAI engineer arrested for allegedly planting $14 recording device in company office",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/saudi-openai-engineer-arrested-for-allegedly-planting-14-recording",
        "published": "2026-10-14T11:48:41.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "The EU Commission's AI Office launches formal AI Act probes into OpenAI and Anthropic over AI agent hacks; experts say the AI Act includes an R&D exemption (Luca Bertuzzi/Euronews)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/the-eu-commissions-ai-office-launches-formal-ai-act-probes-into",
        "published": "2026-10-14T12:15:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "OpenAI employee who left for Apple took files about unreleased device, OpenAI alleges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/openai-employee-who-left-for-apple-took-files-about-unreleased-device",
        "published": "2026-10-14T15:21:21.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "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)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/openais-head-of-computing-capacity-sachin-katti-is-leaving-the",
        "published": "2026-10-14T16:15:01.000Z"
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