FBI uncovers alleged bugging operation inside OpenAI as Saudi engineer arrested
- Federal authorities charged 35-year-old OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan with secretly planting a hidden audio recording device inside an executive conference room in San Francisco.
- OpenAI found the covert device plugged into a television USB port and used its internal artificial intelligence models to trace it back to Alfozan before firing him.
- Court filings show Alfozan repeatedly accessed unauthorized areas and used internal productivity tools to query meeting schedules, building addresses, and room capacities.
- Alfozan faces up to five years in federal prison, a $250,000 fine, and three years of supervised release if convicted of attempting to intercept oral communications.
- OpenAI emphasized that its core technical assets, customer records, source code, and model weights were not compromised during the incident.
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