OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, indicted by federal grand jury for planting encrypted listening device in San Francisco conference room to intercept confidential AI research talks; faces 5 years in prison, $250,000 fine.

OpenAI engineer accused of bugging conference room indicted

A federal grand jury has indicted an OpenAI engineer of bugging a conference room in San Francisco used by company executives.Michael Dwyer/Associated PressThe OpenAI engineer accused of bugging a conference room in San Francisco used by company executives was indicted Tuesday, according to a court filing. A federal grand jury indicted 35-year-old Abdulrahman “Abdul” Alfozan with felony interception of oral communications after federal prosecutors said he installed an encrypted listening device ...