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OpenAI employee arrested for allegedly using AI and toilet paper to record confidential meetings - FBI director Kash Patel jumps at the chance to say AI companies are 'essential' for national security

PC Gamer • Wed, 14 Oct 2026

AI and toilet paper: the joke writes itself, doesn't it?

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AI and toilet paper: the joke writes itself, doesn't it?

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AI and toilet paper: the joke writes itself, doesn't it?

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An OpenAI engineer was arrested after the company said it discovered a "sophisticated recording device" hidden in one of its offices. The employee was identified as Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old Saudi national. Alfozan is charged with using or endeavoring to use a device to intercept oral communications, according to a press release from the Department […]