@rohanpaul_ai: Prosecutors allege an OpenAI engineer used a ChatGPT account tied to his wife to plan, step by step, an encrypted, spee…
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Prosecutors allege an OpenAI engineer used a ChatGPT account tied to his wife to plan an encrypted, speech-triggered audio recorder, and newly unsealed filings show he and relatives held one-way flights to Saudi Arabia days after his arrest.
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Prosecutors allege an OpenAI engineer used a ChatGPT account tied to his wife to plan, step by step, an encrypted, speech-triggered audio recorder with silenced boot output. https://t.co/cmUKgOJrry
Rohan Paul (@rohanpaul_ai): FT: The OpenAI engineer charged with bugging an executive conference room had booked one-way flights to Saudi Arabia, prosecutors say.
Newly unsealed filings show Abdulrahman Alfozan, his wife and a third relative held tickets for October 12, 3 days after his arrest.
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