OpenAI engineer arrested by FBI for spying, wiretap hidden behind boardroom TV
Fireship · youtube · 2026-10-15
Fireship covers the FBI arrest of an OpenAI engineer on espionage charges. Per the video, the engineer allegedly built a wiretap using his wife's ChatGPT account and hid it in toilet paper behind the executive boardroom TV — lasting just 48 hours before being caught. Details as relayed by Fireship; related to FT's report on an OpenAI employee leaking device info to Apple.
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