--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "809222d31513b9e0bd6ae7eece4ec0cfee9214b0804f1263ca030f9aee7ccbbe" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/809222d3?lang=en" title: "Former OpenAI Engineer Pleads Not Guilty to Planting Office Bug" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-11-06T20:07:28.000Z" category: "Industry" topics: ["openai"] source_urls: ["https://marketbrief.now/ai/former-openai-engineer-pleads-not-guilty-to-planting-office-bug-f50a53dc","https://huggingnews.com/ai/former-openai-engineer-pleads-not-guilty-to-planting-office-bug-f50a53dc"] summary: "Abdulrahman Alfozan, a former OpenAI engineer, pleaded not guilty in federal court to charges of planting a surveillance device in an executive room at the company. He was arrested on Oct. 9 and remains in custody due to concerns he may flee to Saudi Arabia, with a hearing scheduled for Nov. 17. OpenAI confirmed no evidence of stolen model weights or source code." --- # Former OpenAI Engineer Pleads Not Guilty to Planting Office Bug > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-11-06T20:07:28.000Z **Category:** Industry **Topics:** openai ## Summary Abdulrahman Alfozan, a former OpenAI engineer, pleaded not guilty in federal court to charges of planting a surveillance device in an executive room at the company\. He was arrested on Oct\. 9 and remains in custody due to concerns he may flee to Saudi Arabia, with a hearing scheduled for Nov\. 17\. OpenAI confirmed no evidence of stolen model weights or source code\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]()