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Ex-OpenAI Engineer Detained in Spy Device Case as Saudi Royal Contacts Emerge
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Former OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old Saudi national, has been ordered detained after allegedly planting a recording device in an executive conference room at OpenAI's San Francisco office. Prosecutors revealed he was in frequent WhatsApp contact with Saudi royal connections, raising espionage concerns. A court granted the government's detention request amid fears he posed a flight risk.