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OpenAI said it found a hidden recording device in one of its offices and referred the matter to the FBI, and an employee, engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan, was arrested and charged with using or endeavoring to use the device. Reports said he allegedly used a chatbot to help plan placing the device in an executive conference room.
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OpenAI says it found a hidden recording device in its offices and used its AI models to identify it.
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