A Saudi employee of OpenAI was arrested after planting an audio recording device in the company's executive conference room.
"We discovered a sophisticated recording device that was hidden inside one of our offices. We used our models to understand the device and where it had come from, identifying that a specific employee had planted it a few days earlier. We referred the matter to the FBI, and we’re grateful to the agents and prosecutors who moved quickly to make an arrest. The FBI’s investigation is ongoing and we will continue to support their work."
- OpenAI's Newsroom account on X.
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