OpenAI says it found a 'hidden' recording device planted in its office

OpenAI said it found a recording device "hidden" in one of its offices and reported the matter to the FBI.

Bloomberg/Getty Images OpenAI said a "sophisticated recording device" was planted in one of its offices a few days ago.

The company said it then used its own models to determine who planted the device.

OpenAI added that it was an example of how AI can address "sophisticated security threats." OpenAI said it found a "sophisticated recording device" hidden in one of its offices and used its own AI to identify who planted the device.

"We used our models to understand the device and where it had come from, identifying that a specific employee had planted it a few days earlier," OpenAI wrote in an X post on Tuesday.

"We referred the matter to the FBI, and we're grateful to the agents and prosecutors who moved quickly to make an arrest.

The FBI's investigation is ongoing and we will continue to support their work." The company said that it found no evidence that the employee improperly accessed or manipulated model weights, source code, or customer data.

The employee was fired, OpenAI said.

It's unclear exactly how OpenAI's models were used to identify the employee.

The company said that the case was an example of how AI can help address " sophisticated security threats ." A spokesperson for OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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