We discovered a sophisticated recording device that was hidden inside one of our offices. We used our models to understand the device and where it had come from, identifying that a specific employee had planted it a few days earlier. We referred the matter to the FBI, and we’re grateful to the agents and prosecutors who moved quickly to make an arrest. The FBI’s investigation is ongoing and we will continue to support their work. At this time, we have no indications of this individual inappropriately accessing or exfiltrating model weights, source code, or customer data. The employee was terminated. We take protecting our technology, data, and people seriously, and as a matter of national importance. Our security program is designed to protect against a wide range of threat actors, from insider risks to cybercriminals to nation states, and this case is an example of how AI can help address these sophisticated security threats.

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the subtle art of marketing in every situation "we used our models to understand the device and where it had come from"
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"The employee was terminated"
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Damn. That really sucks that someone would attempt to steal your intellectual property.
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"New OpenAI."
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The employee was terminated?
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the employee
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I’m just glad there’s no sophisticated recording device spying on me
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🤷🏻‍♂️🤣
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الصورة الاصليه
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“We take protecting our technology, data, and people seriously” says the company stealing and profiting off of everyone’s life’s work
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Someone who graduated from MIT, worked at SAP, Microsoft, Meta, Nash, and OpenAI, and led major projects would hardly make such a basic mistake and throw away an exceptional career without reason. That’s why this case raises serious questions. I suspect OpenAI may be using it to manage the company’s valuation narrative and promote an AI sovereignty framework that could keep competitors out of the market. That is a suspicion, not an established fact. The evidence and investigation should determine what happened.
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asking OAI models on a personal OAI account how to hack OAI hq be like:
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Wait till you find out about those LG TVs in your rooms
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Smoke-away
@SmokeAwayyyOct 13
> Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, a Saudi national, was arrested Friday... on suspicion of hiding an audio recording device in an executive conference room at the company’s San Francisco headquarters xitter.cf/SmokeAwayyy/status/211…
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@SmokeAwayyyOct 13
Replying to @SmokeAwayyy
Screenshot of Alfozan's X bio and pictures of the device.
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the noob used seeed studio, second most newbie thing than arduino uno give him extra 10 years for that blob on the solder
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The devices you found cost less than $25 in total. Quite sophisticated.
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Oh uhh I guess thanks for the heads up…………?
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تتوقع اننا بتصدق السناريو والقصه الغبي ذي؟ حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل
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bro shocked himself by what he has done
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Detective Astra
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the employee was terminated 😭
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S… Sophisticated? Dude it was an off the shelf ESP32 literally wrapped in toilet paper.
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Also... wtf kind of opsec is using ChatGPT to plan your attack on... ChatGPT?
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Yet another plot point for the future OpenAI documentary
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This OpenAI engineer arrested.
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Codex finally found a bug on the first try
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if it turns out my grokbot hired this guy am i in trouble?
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سالفه ماتدخل العقل كيف موظف ويعمل نفس هالحركات الغبيه
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Bro really thought he was James Bond, but ended up as the dumbest spy in the world.
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The man arrested for planting a secret recording device at OpenAI's headquarters is a Venture Partner of a VC firm alongside the son of a senior Saudi intelligence official:
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That some cheap scenario, you telling me such hug company could easily be bugged with no camera or security
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