OpenAI engineer charged over hidden recording device in conference room

Summary

• A former OpenAI engineer has been charged with allegedly installing a covert recording device in an executive conference room at the artificial intelligence company’s San Francisco offices, the US Justice Department said.
• OpenAI discovered the device on September 30, plugged into a USB port on the back of a television in an executive conference room, the Justice Department said.
• Investigators later found a similar recording device in a bag belonging to Alfozan that had been left unattended in another room in the company’s offices, the complaint said.

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A former OpenAI engineer has been charged with allegedly installing a covert recording device in an executive conference room at the artificial intelligence company’s San Francisco offices, the US Justice Department said.