FBI arrests former OpenAI employee for allegedly planting recording device in executive conference room

The Justice Department says Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, a Saudi national and OpenAI employee, was arrested on Oct. 9 for allegedly hiding a recording device in OpenAI's executive conference room. OpenAI says it fired the employee, has seen no sign of access to model weights, source code or customer data, and that the device's contents were encrypted.