Prosecutors seek continued detention of ex-OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan

First reported by Quartz at · Updated · 3 sources

US prosecutors allege the former employee accused of bugging an OpenAI office had connections to Saudi royalty. His wife and son left for Saudi Arabia, and a Saudi royal tried to recruit him, according to Quartz. PCMag reports prosecutors said a Saudi military member bought the family's plane tickets.

  • The allegations appeared in a Sunday filing in San Francisco, according to The Information.

Covered by 3 publishers within 7 hours of the first report.

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Quartz DOJ is urging a judge to keep a fired OpenAI engineer locked up, citing Saudi ties · Cris Tolomia
PCMag Arrested OpenAI Employee Was Asked To Join Saudi Arabia's AI Effort, US Alleges
The Information Employee Who Bugged OpenAI Had Saudi Royal Ties, U.S. Prosecutors Say · Tiffany Li

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