OpenAI Fires Engineer, Calls FBI After Hidden Recorder Found in Exec Conference Room

OpenAI discovered a recording device concealed in a conference room TV, traced it to an employee using its own models, and referred the case to federal authorities.

OpenAI confronted an insider-threat scenario this week that reads like a corporate thriller. The company discovered a hidden recording device planted inside a television in an executive conference room, according to @soluunj, who reported that an OpenAI engineer was arrested over the incident.

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