Fired OpenAI Engineer Charged Over Planted Device Had Advised Saudi Government
A former OpenAI employee charged with planting a hidden bug had said he advised Saudi Arabian government agencies. He is also listed as a partner at a venture firm alongside a Saudi prince.
An engineer who worked at OpenAI, the U.S. artificial intelligence developer, and who has been charged with planting a hidden bugging device, had advised government agencies in Saudi Arabia, according to The New York Times. The employee has since been fired by the company.
The newspaper reports that he had said himself that he gave advice to Saudi state agencies. He is also listed as a partner at a venture capital firm that includes a Saudi prince.
The source excerpt does not say where or when the device was planted, what the exact charges are, or whether there is a direct link between the engineer's actions and the Saudi side. Those questions are not addressed in the available text, so they cannot be stated here.
