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title: "Filing: Abdulrahman Alfozan, the OpenAI staffer charged with bugging a conference room, used a Seeed Xiao ESP32-S3 Sense dev board; a website sells it for $14 (Bloomberg)"
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summary: "Abdulrahman Alfozan, an OpenAI staffer charged with bugging a conference room, used a Seeed Xiao ESP32-S3 Sense dev board that sells for $14, according to Bloomberg."
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# Filing: Abdulrahman Alfozan, the OpenAI staffer charged with bugging a conference room, used a Seeed Xiao ESP32\-S3 Sense dev board; a website sells it for $14 \(Bloomberg\)

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**Published:** 2026-10-14T00:35:02.000Z
**Category:** Industry
**Topics:** openai, safety

## Summary

Abdulrahman Alfozan, an OpenAI staffer charged with bugging a conference room, used a Seeed Xiao ESP32\-S3 Sense dev board that sells for $14, according to Bloomberg\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://www.techmeme.com/261013/p49>)