Ex-OpenAI Engineer Charged for Allegedly Bugging Executive Conference Room

Federal prosecutors charged former OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan with allegedly planting a DIY recorder in an unauthorized executive conference room at San Francisco headquarters. The device drew power from a TV USB port, hidden behind toilet paper, installed around Sept. 28 and found Sept. 30. A second device was found Oct. 5 in a bag with his wallet and ID.