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Source: [Hacker News](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi-arrests-former-openai-employee-planting-listening-device-2026-10-13/)
Bryce Hall is in some serious legal trouble in Las Vegas ... the social media star was arrested and is now facing a felony domestic violence charge ... but his rep says the allegations are bogus.
A Saudi national who worked at OpenAI as an engineer is suspected of planting a recording device in one of the company's conference rooms.
Discovery of ‘sophisticated’ gadget adds to company’s list of privacy concerns after hackings by rogue agents OpenAI said it has found a hidden recording device in one of its offices and has referred the matter to the FBI. One of its employees has been arrested. In a statement on Tuesday, the S...
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OpenAI said a "sophisticated recording device" was found in one of its offices and that the company's own models identified the person who planted it.
OpenAI said that the employee had placed a device built to evade detection and that he had planned to secretly record meetings in other sensitive spaces.