India, Oct. 20 -- A Saudi national arrested for planting a recording device in an OpenAI building was in constant touch with a member of the Saudi Royal Family, US prosecutors have said. Abdulrahman Alfozan was arrested on October 9 after it was discovered that he had hidden an encrypted recording device inside an OpenAI building in San Francisco.

He was an engineer at OpenAI earning a high base salary of $385,000, alongside substantial equity, until he was fired following his arrest.

The US deemed the 35-year-old a flight risk and denied bail, pending trial.

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