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Judge orders former OpenAI engineer held in custody in spying case

A judge ordered Abdulrahman Alfozan, a former OpenAI engineer accused of spying on executives, to remain in custody. The judge compared the Saudi government's offer to secure his release to a blank check.

First seen 19 Oct, 19:49 UTC on Wired2 sourcesLast update 1h ago

OpenAIIncident · 19 Oct

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Wired· 19 Oct, 19:49OpenAI Engineer Accused of Spying on Executives Ordered to Remain in Custody Ars Technica· 19 Oct, 20:21Accused OpenAI spy had folder called "Saudi Gov Docs," FBI says

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Every source in the order it appeared. Times in UTC.

19 Oct 19:49Wired OpenAI Engineer Accused of Spying on Executives Ordered to Remain in Custody 19 Oct 20:21Ars Technica Accused OpenAI spy had folder called "Saudi Gov Docs," FBI says

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