It could be that the reports are accurate and the device simply wasn’t as sophisticated as the statement implies. You could if you wanted use an AI model to analyze a USB camera with device name “John_Doe_1”.
Right. I can guarantee that there are tens of thousands of listening devices with embedded radios in the OpenAI office, right now. The only open question is who controls them.
> The employee was terminated.
in this context, they should be more specific about how terminal s/he is
> We used our models to understand the device and where it had come from
Did OpenAI do a marketing bit in the middle of an espionage accusation?
Funny. I'd bet on whatever model they used over whoever showed up from today's FBI.
Yes. Yes they did. Which makes me question the honesty of their announcement.
Yes, the classic marketing ploy of making false reports to the FBI.
They were literally caught making false reports to a murder investigation
Wasn't that Anthropic?
https://www.forth.news/lists/philapd/Cfs1w2A22JiL3fWSzA8Nx
In case anybody is wondering: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqkg50j1yd5lo
I guess I’m still wondering, because I did think this is what was being referred to but it is not a story about OpenAI.
Can you blame one for mixing them up at this point?
It could be that the reports are accurate and the device simply wasn’t as sophisticated as the statement implies. You could if you wanted use an AI model to analyze a USB camera with device name “John_Doe_1”.
You got me. I ask the obvious question: What's the "sophisticated" device?
You can buy a voice recorder that will hold weeks of audio for tens of dollars.
Back of a TV is a decent hiding place. Wonder how they found it -was it actively transmitting?
Apple HomeView
ESP32-S3
Between this and the Ledger implants I wonder if AI companies will have a supply chain risk in the future where their models get exfiltrated over 5G.
Good time to start a company that builds giant Faraday cages over data centers.
From the makers of The Iron Dome, now introducing The Copper Dome
Why make this public? Usually companies just silently terminate and pursue employees who do this.
> The device was concealed in toilet paper, and its contents were encrypted.
Concealing a recording device in a conference room in toilet paper is a bit strange. Do executives meet in the toilets to discuss strategic moves?
An iPhone? A laptop?
Pictures on https://sfstandard.com/2026/10/13/openai-engineer-arrested-a...
Right. I can guarantee that there are tens of thousands of listening devices with embedded radios in the OpenAI office, right now. The only open question is who controls them.
So but OpenAI did it to Apple and they were caught, and now OpenAI doesn't like it when it happens to them?
Either way, there goes the false flag and the reason for companies to stop hiring humans over this espionage.
They're trying to distil OpenAI employees now. Absolutely shameless