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OpenAI Employee Pleads Not Guilty to Charges of Bugging a Company Office

BREAKING: OpenAI employee Abdulrahman Alfozan pleads not guilty after being charged with secretly bugging the company’s office.

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Why it matters

An alleged insider surveillance case at a top lab raises questions about AI lab security.

WSJ reported that Abdulrahman Alfozan, a Saudi national accused of bugging a restricted OpenAI conference room, pleaded not guilty Friday in federal court in San Francisco. The charges are allegations and have not been proven.

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