The FBI arrested Abdul Rahman Al-Fazan, a 35-year-old Saudi national who works at OpenAI, and the Justice Department has charged him with planting a listening device in the company's offices. Two microphones were reportedly found: one in a backpack, and another planted in a TV in a conference room reserved for executives and high-level secure discussions, connected to a small device and wrapped in toilet paper. The device was discovered when someone noticed it while fiddling with the back of the TV, and CCTV footage caught the suspect looking directly at the mic. The Justice Department has not disclosed a motive or whether he acted alone, while CFO Sarah Fryer said the company is taking security very seriously and that it used AI to help trace the device.
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