Washington DC, Oct. 14 -- A 35-year-old Saudi national employed as an engineer by the artificial intelligence research and deployment company OpenAI has been arrested in the US for allegedly installing a covert audio recording device inside an executive conference room at the company to secretly capture sensitive communications, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said.

According to a press release issued by the FBI, Abdulrahman Alfozan was arrested on October 9 and made his initial appearance in federal court on Tuesday.

He has been charged with using or attempting to use an electronic, mechanical or other device to intercept oral communications.

The complaint alleges that Alfozan concealed an audio recording device inside a USB...