The FBI has arrested a 35-year-old Saudi national and OpenAI engineer for allegedly placing a bug in an executive conference room at OpenAI’s San Francisco office.
He has been charged with using a device to intercept oral communications after the device was found plugged into a TV’s USB port in late September.
OpenAI said that it used AI models to identify the employee and referred the matter to the FBI and subsequently terminated his employment.
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