Ex-OpenAI Worker Accused of Bugging Conference Room Planned to Fly to Saudi Arabia, Prosecutors Say

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Federal prosecutors say former OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, hid an audio recording device in toilet paper and plugged it into a television in an executive conference room he was not authorized to enter. The device was found on Sept. 30. Prosecutors say Alfozan was days from leaving the U.S. for Saudi Arabia, and a federal judge in San Francisco denied his request for home confinement.

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