After FBI arrested a Saudi National for hiding a spy device at OpenAI, employees said ‘not surprised’: Controls are so lenient that …

Former OpenAI employees say they were not surprised after the company discovered a hidden audio recording device in an executive conference room in October, as they had raised concerns about its internal security practices for years. According to a Reuters report, some employees warned OpenAI’s leadership and board that its security controls were too weak and could allow outsiders, including foreign governments, to access sensitive information about its artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The concerns came into focus after FBI announced on October 13 that a Saudi national, Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, had been arrested and charged with allegedly placing a hidden recording device in an OpenAI executive conference room. Alfozan was working as an engineer at the company at the time.