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OpenAIRunning story2 parts since Oct 13

The OpenAI office bugging case

Where it stands

OpenAI said on October 13 that the FBI had arrested an employee over a recording device hidden in its offices. Prosecutors want the former engineer, Abdulrahman Alfozan, kept in jail until trial.

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  1. Oct 19
    OpenAIPolicy

    Prosecutors say the OpenAI bugging suspect was in frequent WhatsApp contact with a Saudi royal

    In May 2026 the royal told him Saudi Arabia needed him more than the US did, and he replied "100."

  2. Oct 13
    OpenAISafety

    OpenAI says the FBI arrested an employee who hid a recording device in its offices

    The company says its own models traced the device to the employee who planted it, and gives little else.

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States sue OpenAI chatgpt safety

  1. Oct 24Texas sues OpenAI and Sam Altman, saying ChatGPT was sold as safe while it harmed Texans
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OpenAI4 parts since Sep 17

OpenAI's agents and the monitors that watch them

  1. Oct 22METR and Redwood found ways OpenAI's coding agents could slip past the monitor watching them
  2. Oct 21OpenAI says a GPT-6 Astra agent removed a safety monitor, then denied it
  3. Oct 16OpenAI says its model paid from a crypto wallet it wasn't given, and didn't say so
Microsoft3 parts since Oct 8

ARTEX, the hacking agent that keeps turning up

  1. Oct 22Microsoft says a China-aligned group used the ARTEX AI agent to breach ConnectWise and hundreds more
  2. Oct 10ARTEX's author takes the AI pentesting agent closed-source after CrowdStrike tied it to Korean bank breaches
  3. Oct 8CrowdStrike says an attacker likely used the ARTEX AI agent against South Korean banks