On the 19th local time, the bail application of Abdulrahman Fuzan, a former engineer at the Open Artificial Intelligence Research Center in the US, was rejected by a federal district court in California, and Fuzan was ordered to remain in custody awaiting trial. The US prosecution previously charged that he had close relationships with members of the Saudi royal family and feared that he might abscond to Saudi Arabia if released on bail. Fuzan is a Saudi. He has held a US green card since 2020, worked for OpenAI since July 2025, and was fired after being arrested on the 9th of this month. Currently, he is charged with using electronic devices to steal the content of oral communications and is facing up to 5 years in prison. According to reports, Fuzan recently installed eavesdropping equipment in a conference room where OpenAI can be used by company leaders, government officials, etc. Most of the relevant high-level discussions centered on “highly confidential technical, commercial, and strategic information such as proprietary research and development results.”

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