OpenAI 一名工程师因涉嫌在会议室安装窃听设备被捕
OpenAI employee arrested for allegedly planting a bug in a conference room
OpenAI 一名 35 岁沙特籍工程师 Abdulrahman Alfozan 因涉嫌在公司高管会议室安装隐蔽录音设备被捕，被控使用或试图使用设备截取口头通信。该设备被插入会议室电视的 USB 接口，表面覆盖卫生纸，约在 9 月 28 日前后安装，内容经过加密；OpenAI 称其用 AI 模型分析设备来源，锁定该员工数天前放置。OpenAI 已将其解雇并移交 FBI，该员工上周五被捕，本周二首次出庭。
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An OpenAI engineer was arrested after the company said it discovered a “sophisticated recording device” hidden in one of its offices. The employee was identified as Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old Saudi national. Alfozan is charged with using or endeavoring to use a device to intercept oral communications, according to a press release from the Department of Justice .
OpenAI’s post about the incident says it used its AI models to “understand the device and where it had come from, identifying that a specific employee had planted it a few days earlier.”
As noted by the DOJ, OpenAI found the device plugged into a TV’s USB port in an executive conference room, where discussions about “highly confidential technical, commercial, and strategic information” often take place.
Alfozan didn’t have access to this room, but CCTV footage allegedly showed him “near the executive conference room on multiple dates prior to the device’s discovery,” according to the DOJ. Footage also captured Alfozan appearing to look behind the TV where the device was installed, federal prosecutors claim.
The device was covered in toilet paper and installed on or around September 28th. Its contents were encrypted. Additionally, the DOJ claims OpenAI security discovered a bag Alfozan left in another room inside the company’s office, where they found his wallet, ID, and another recording device.
OpenAI says it fired the employee and referred the incident to the FBI. Alfozan was arrested Friday and has remained in custody since, appearing in federal court for the first time on Tuesday.
Update, October 13th: Added information from the DOJ.