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OpenAI Engineer's Lawyer Denies Espionage Claims Amidst Arrest

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An attorney for a former OpenAI engineer, Abdulrahman Alfozan, has stated that the allegations against his client are out of character and that Alfozan's flight to Saudi Arabia was pre-booked. Alfozan, a Saudi national and U.S. permanent resident since 2020, was arrested by the FBI on charges related to allegedly planting a recording device at OpenAI's San Francisco headquarters. His lawyer emphasized that Alfozan was surprised by the arrest and that no evidence of leaked information has been found. AI

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OpenAI Engineer's Lawyer Denies Espionage Claims Amidst Arrest

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Emily Forlini ·

    Lawyer of arrested OpenAI engineer says allegations are ‘wholly out of character,’ one-way ticket to Saudi Arabia with wife and child was pre-booked

    The arrest was a "surprise," said the attorney, and the suspect, Abdulrahman Alfozan, was "proud" to be an OpenAI employee.

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