OpenAI used internal AI models to unmask hidden recorder suspect
Party_Swordfish_1734 · reddit · 2026-10-14
A Saudi national, Alfozan, has been charged with installing a hidden recording device at OpenAI's office — a Seeed Studio 2.4GHz wireless module concealed inside a monitor frame. Per Sky News, OpenAI used its internal AI models to identify the suspect and trace the device's origins.
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