OpenAI worker terminated after recording device found at company

An OpenAI engineer named Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old Saudi national employed by ChatGPT’s parent company since July 2025, was arrested in San Francisco after company security found a concealed recording device in an executive meeting room. He has been charged with attempting to secretly record confidential conversations within the company’s offices, as announced by the Department of Justice.


An OpenAI engineer was arrested and charged for allegedly attempting to secretly record confidential conversations inside the artificial intelligence company’s San Francisco offices, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday.

Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, a Saudi national who had worked for the ChatGPT maker since July 2025, was arrested Friday after company security personnel discovered a concealed recording device in an executive conference room.

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