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  "title": "Toilet paper, recording devices and spy suspicions: Inside the OpenAI case that has rattled America",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/toilet-paper-recording-devices-and-spy-suspicions-inside-the-openai",
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  "published": "2026-10-15T19:50:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
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  "summary": "The cloak-and-dagger details of the case have gained attention in Silicon Valley and in law enforcement and national security circles.",
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        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "FBI arrests Saudi OpenAI engineer over hidden recording device",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/fbi-arrests-saudi-openai-engineer-over-hidden-recording-device",
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        "outlet": "Business Insider",
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        "outlet": "Financial Times",
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        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "OpenAI engineer arrested over hidden recording device had booked one-way ticket to Saudi",
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        "published": "2026-10-15T02:08:41.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Fortune",
        "title": "Lawyer of arrested OpenAI engineer says allegations are ‘wholly out of character,’ one-way ticket to Saudi Arabia with wife and child was pre-booked",
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      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "OpenAI bugging suspect allegedly booked one-way trip to Saudi Arabia",
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        "published": "2026-10-15T03:28:44.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "FBI updates on OpenAI spy device case: Saudi national arrested, ‘crime photos’ released",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/fbi-updates-on-openai-spy-device-case-saudi-national-arrested-crime",
        "published": "2026-10-15T06:24:31.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Toilet paper, recording devices and one-way tickets: Inside the OpenAI case that has rattled America",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/toilet-paper-recording-devices-and-one-way-tickets-inside-the-openai",
        "published": "2026-10-15T19:50:17.000Z"
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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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