OpenAI Engineer Pleads Not Guilty to Office Bugging Charge
AI · First reported 6 Nov, 19:14 · Updated 19:46
Abdulrahman Alfozan pleaded not guilty in federal court in San Francisco to a charge of intercepting oral communications. Prosecutors allege he placed a recording device in an OpenAI conference-room television; his next court appearance was set for Nov. 17.
- Alfozan pleaded not guilty on Friday in San Francisco federal court to one count of interception of oral communications.
- Prosecutors say he placed a recording device in a television in an executive conference room at OpenAI’s San Francisco offices on Sept. 28.
- A grand jury indicted Alfozan on Oct. 27; he has been held without bail since his arrest in early October.
- The judge ordered Alfozan to return to court on Nov. 17. If convicted, he faces a maximum possible sentence of five years in prison.
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- Abdulrahman Alfozan
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- Not guilty
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- One count of interception of oral communications
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- Sept. 28
- Next court appearance
- Nov. 17
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