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  "id": 14486048,
  "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",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-14T16:15:01.000Z",
  "source": {
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  "summary": "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.\n\nSeparately, 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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        "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"
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        "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"
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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",
        "published": "2026-10-14T07:35:23.000Z"
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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"
      },
      {
        "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": "CBS News",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-10-14T14:24:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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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  "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."
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