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FBI Arrests OpenAI Engineer Over Spy Device
US federal prosecutors arrested 35-year-old Saudi national Abdulrahman Alfozan, an OpenAI engineer, on 9 October for hiding a recording device. He joined in July 2025 and allegedly used a chatbot to build the tool inserted into a TV's USB port. OpenAI terminated him after finding the device on September 30. Alfozan faces five years in prison if convicted.
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