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  "id": 15665349,
  "title": "US judge orders Saudi engineer held in OpenAI case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/us-judge-orders-saudi-engineer-held-in-openai-case",
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  "published": "2026-10-19T22:30:24.000Z",
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  "summary": "A former OpenAI employee accused of planting a recording device at the company's San Francisco offices was ordered held without bail Monday after a federal judge deemed him a flight risk. US District Judge Alex Tse ruled that there was \"significant\" risk that Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, would fail to appear in court, rejecting his attorneys' request for release. Prosecutors cited Alfozan's frequent…",
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        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "DOJ is urging a judge to keep a fired OpenAI engineer locked up, citing Saudi ties",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/doj-is-urging-a-judge-to-keep-a-fired-openai-engineer-locked-up",
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        "outlet": "Wired",
        "title": "OpenAI Engineer Accused of Spying on Executives Ordered to Remain in Custody",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/openai-engineer-accused-of-spying-on-executives-ordered-to-remain-in",
        "published": "2026-10-19T19:49:17.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Business Insider",
        "title": "Fired OpenAI engineer accused of bugging office won't be released from jail",
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        "published": "2026-10-19T20:05:58.000Z"
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        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "US Court Orders Fired Saudi Engineer To Remain In Custody In OpenAI Case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/us-court-orders-fired-saudi-engineer-to-remain-in-custody-in-openai",
        "published": "2026-10-19T20:33:52.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "US judge orders Saudi engineer held in OpenAI case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/us-judge-orders-saudi-engineer-held-in-openai-case-15668653",
        "published": "2026-10-19T22:18:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "US judge orders Saudi engineer held in OpenAI case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/us-judge-orders-saudi-engineer-held-in-openai-case-15668279",
        "published": "2026-10-19T22:21:55.000Z"
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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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