India, Oct. 14 -- A Saudi employee of OpenAI has been arrested for installing a surreptitious audio recording device at one of its offices in California.
Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old national of Saudi Arabia, was arrested on October 9, and made his initial appearance in federal court on Tuesday.
He has been charged with using or endeavoring to use an electronic, mechanical, or other device to intercept oral communications.
"According to the complaint unsealed Tuesday, Alfozan allegedly concealed a covert recording device inside his employer's executive conference room to secretly capture sensitive communications about the company's super intelligence technology," said FBI Director Kash Patel.
Alfozan had been employed as an engine...