The engineer accused of bugging OpenAI's office pleads not guilty
Source: Business Insider ·
OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan pleads not guilty in San Francisco to federal bugging charges over a hidden office recording device.
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An FBI affidavit included an image of what prosecutors said is Abdulrahman Alfozan looking behind a television located in the conference room where the recording device was planted.DOJ/ReutersAbdulrahman Alfozan was an engineer at OpenAI before he was accused of bugging the startup's office.He's charged with intercepting oral communications and was previously denied release.Alfozan entered a not-guilty plea on Friday in San Francisco's federal courthouse.Abdulrahman Alfozan, the OpenAI engineer fired and arrested last month on accusations that he'd bugged the company's office, pleaded not guilty on Friday.He entered the plea in San Francisco's federal courthouse, a few weeks into his detention. A judge at a prior hearing deemed the Saudi a flight risk and declined his request for bond.Federal agents arrested Alfozan on October 9 and charged him with one count of intercepting oral communications. Prosecutors say the 35-year-old engineer hid a recording device wrapped in toilet paper…
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