This is the $24 gizmo the FBI says was used to bug OpenAI's offices
Source: Business Insider ·
The recording device the FBI says was used to bug an OpenAI conference room isn't exactly state-of-the-art.
From the source
OpenAI's offices in San Francisco. Authorities say an OpenAI employee installed a recording device in an executive office.Smith Collection/Gado/Getty ImagesThe device the FBI says an employee used to bug OpenAI's office isn't exactly state-of-the-art.You can buy the model for $24 on Amazon or even less from its Chinese manufacturer.ChatGPT can help hone its surreptitious recording ability.Gone are the days of Watergate, when Richard Nixon's "plumbers" used government-provided, state-of-the-art recording devices tucked into Chapstick containers to bug the Democratic National Committee.Now, anyone with some pocket change and an Amazon account can get their hands on a far more advanced recording device.One such gizmo, a postage-stamp-sized microcontroller that authorities say a now-former employee used to bug an executive conference room at OpenAI's San Francisco headquarters, sells for $24 on Amazon. It has rave reviews.If you buy directly from the China-based manufacturer, it's even…