A Saudi national and OpenAI engineer has been arrested by the FBI for planting a covert recording device. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Reuters.
According to the US Department of Justice, the individual secretly placed a covert audio recording device. Law enforcement authorities arrested him for this action.
As Reuters reports, the arrested person worked as an engineer at OpenAI. He is a citizen of Saudi Arabia.
The US Department of Justice released official information regarding this incident. Investigative actions are ongoing.