Toilet paper and secret recorders: What we know about the arrest of the Saudi OpenAI engineer

Summary

A Saudi national who worked as an engineer at OpenAI was arrested by the FBI and charged with using or attempting to use a device to intercept oral communications. According to the complaint, he planted a recording device hidden in toilet paper behind a television in a conference room used for confidential discussions. OpenAI said it found no indication that he accessed or exfiltrated model weights, source code or customer data.

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