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OpenAI Engineer Accused of Spying – NaturalNews.com

A federal magistrate judge on Monday, Oct. 19, ordered a former OpenAI engineer accused of planting covert recording devices in the company’s San Francisco offices to remain in custody pending trial, according to court records and Business Insider. Abdulrahman Alfozan, a Saudi national and U.S. permanent legal resident, was arrested on Oct. 9, 2026 – […]

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