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How a foreign government helped accused Saudi spy's family flee US after OpenAI bug scandal

A former OpenAI engineer was in frequent contact with Saudi royalty and searching company records on the Kingdom before his arrest, prosecutors say.

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Fox News· Oct 19, 4:11 PMHow a foreign government helped accused Saudi spy's family flee US after OpenAI bug scandal

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