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Ex-OpenAI worker accused of planting device had Saudi support says court filing

BBC News

A former OpenAI worker, Abdulrahman Alfozan, was accused in U.S. court of secretly planting an audio recording device in an OpenAI meeting room. Prosecutors said he was in frequent communication with a member of the Saudi royal family. The filing sought to keep him detained pending trial, with the FBI investigation ongoing and a court appearance in San Francisco later Monday.

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The Saudi government did not immediately respond to BBC requests for comment.

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