FBI arrests OpenAI employee accused of planting hidden recording device in conference room
2026-10-13 · TechCrunch
An OpenAI employee got busted by the FBI for allegedly planting a hidden recording device to eavesdrop on the company's superintelligence secrets. Nothing says 'we're building safe AI for humanity' like your own staff running covert surveillance ops in the conference room. At least someone at OpenAI is taking intelligence gathering seriously.