Saudi OpenAI employee arrested after recording device found in headquarters

Discovery of ‘sophisticated’ gadget adds to company’s list of privacy concerns after hackings by rogue agents OpenAI said it has found a hidden recording device in one of its offices and has referred the matter to the FBI. One of its employees has been arreste

The Guardian|Tue, 13 October 2026 at 22:59

Discovery of ‘sophisticated’ gadget adds to company’s list of privacy concerns after hackings by rogue agents

OpenAI said it has found a hidden recording device in one of its offices and has referred the matter to the FBI. One of its employees has been arrested.

In a statement on Tuesday, the San Francisco-based AI company said it discovered the “sophisticated recording device” and used one of its “models to understand the device and where it had come from”.

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