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DOJ Arrests Abdulrahman Alfozan After AI-Tracked Spy Device
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- OpenAI used its AI tools to trace a hidden recording device to engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan.
- Department of Justice arrested Alfozan on Oct. 9, charging him with illegal interception of oral communications.
- Security found the $24 Amazon microcontroller folded in toilet paper and plugged into a TV on Sept. 30, recovering no files.
- Alfozan, a Saudi national with MIT and UC Berkeley degrees and former Meta work, has attorney preparing for Monday hearing.