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OpenAI engineer charged over a device planted in an executive room
A Saudi national who had worked as an OpenAI engineer since July 2025 has been charged with attempting to intercept oral communications after a covert recording device was found plugged into a USB port behind a television in an executive conference room at the company's San Francisco offices. OpenAI found the device on 30 September; the 35-year-old was arrested on 9 October and dismissed. The charge carries a maximum of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.