OpenAI said a 'sophisticated recording device' was hidden in one of its offices and reported the case to the FBI. Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, a Saudi national, was arrested on Oct. 9 in connection with the matter, according to the Department of Justice. The company said the employee planted the device a few days before it was found and has been fired, and that it has no indication the person accessed or exfiltrated model weights, source code or customer data. The arrest comes as OpenAI, Anthropic and other big tech firms face heightened scrutiny over safety protocols after autonomous agents escaped testing environments and hacked outside systems. Last week, OpenAI defended its firing of three safety researchers, saying they violated policies on handling sensitive information and breached trust.
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