Saudi OpenAI engineer arrested over alleged hidden recorder in San Francisco office2026-10-14The Justice Department says Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old Saudi national, was arrested on Oct. 9 and charged with trying to intercept oral communications; he faces up to five years in prison if convicted.OpenAI says its security team found the device on Sept. 30, plugged into a television behind it and concealed in toilet paper in an executive conference room.OpenAI said it used its AI models to identify the employee, reported the discovery to the FBI and fired him; the FBI investigation is ongoing.Investigators allege Alfozan searched for information about OpenAI offices and meeting schedules, while a chatbot account linked to his wife included queries about remote recording and encrypting memory cards.OpenAI said it had no indication that Alfozan improperly accessed or extracted model weights, source code or customer data.Saudi OpenAI engineer arrested for planting hidden device to record executive meetings (The Times of India)El FBI arrestó a un ingeniero de OpenAI por esconder un micrófono en una sala ejecutiva (Infobae)Who was the OpenAI engineer who allegedly bugged a company conference room? (Los Angeles Times)OpenAI employee arrested over alleged planting of listening device (Daily Sabah)Saudi employee arrested for allegedly bugging OpenAI office (France 24)Saudi employee arrested for allegedly bugging OpenAI office in San Francisco (The New Indian Express)OpenAI says employee caught planting listening device (Deutsche Welle)Accusé d'avoir posé un micro chez OpenAI, un ingénieur saoudien arrêté et inculpé à San Francisco (Franceinfo)OpenAI के दफ्तर में 'जासूसी' का खेल, सऊदी मुस्लिम इंजीनियर पहुंचा जेल, टीवी में लगाया रिकॉर्डिंग डिवाइस (Zee News)OpenAI ऑफिस में जासूसी की कोशिश करने वाला गिरफ्तार: TV के पीछे रिकॉर्डर लगाया था, AI की मदद से सऊदी नागरिक ... (Dainik Bhaskar)OpenAI engineer arrested over hidden recording device had booked one-way ticket to Saudi (Hindustan Times)Internet brutally mocks Saudi OpenAI 'spy' over startled-looking surveillance photo (The New York Post)OpenAI finds hidden recording device in office, employee arrested after FBI referral (Zee News)اوپن اے آئی کے دفتر میں خفیہ ریکارڈنگ ڈیوائس نصب کرنے کے الزام میں انجینئر گرفتار (Daily Jang)FBI arrests Saudi OpenAI employee for allegedly bugging San Francisco office (France 24)Former OpenAI engineer booked flight to Saudi Arabia before arrest in bugging case (Anadolu Agency)OpenAI annonce l’arrestation d’un employé soupçonné d’avoir posé un micro dans l’entreprise (Le Monde)اعتقال مهندس سعودي في OpenAI للاشتباه في زرع جهاز تنصت داخل قاعة اجتماعات (Alyaoum24)