Prosecutors tie ex-OpenAI bugging suspect to Saudi royal
A court filing says Abdulrahman Alfozan, charged with hiding a recording device in an OpenAI meeting room, often messaged a member of Saudi Arabia’s royal family. His lawyers say he is not a flight risk, and he is not charged with spying.
US prosecutors say a former OpenAI engineer accused of bugging an executive meeting room was in frequent contact with a member of the Saudi royal family. Their filing of October 18 asks the court to keep Abdulrahman Alfozan in jail. A judge ordered him held without bond on October 19, CNBC reports.