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OpenAI engineer Alfozan, charged with bugging, is partner in Saudi VC firm

Source: cnbc.com cnbc.com
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Abdulrahman Alfozan, the Saudi national charged with secretly installing a recording device in an executive conference room at OpenAI, had booked a one-way ticket from San Francisco to Saudi Arabia with his wife and a third family member before his arrest, federal prosecutors told a judge in a newly unsealed court filing. Alfozan is also a venture partner at Saudi Arabia's Raed Ventures. OpenAI said it fired Alfozan and found no indication that he accessed or exfiltrated model weights, source code or customer data. OpenAI earlier this year held discussions with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund about investing in the…

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