OpenAI says hidden recording device found in office; ex-employee arrested by FBI
PeterBowdenLive · x · 2026-10-14
OpenAI revealed it discovered a sophisticated recording device hidden in one of its offices, used its own models to trace the device and identify a specific employee who planted it days earlier, and referred the matter to the FBI, leading to an arrest. The employee was terminated. OpenAI says there's no indication of unauthorized access to model weights, source code, or customer data; the FBI investigation is ongoing and the company frames the matter as national-security relevant. Commenters joke about having to disambiguate 'agents' now.
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