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OpenAI finds hidden recording device planted by employee, FBI arrests suspect

OpenAI says it discovered a sophisticated recording device concealed in one of its offices and used its own AI models to trace it to an employee who had planted it days earlier. The company referred the case to the FBI, which made an arrest; the employee was fired, and OpenAI says it has found no evidence the person accessed or exfiltrated model weights, source code, or customer data.

OpenAI employee arrested after planting hidden recording device in office

OpenAI says it found a concealed recording device inside one of its offices and used its own AI models to trace it to a specific employee who had planted it days earlier. The company reported the matter to the FBI, which made an arrest, and OpenAI has terminated the employee.

Pentagon budget seeks $30M for AI-driven 'Polygraph+' lie detection system

A Pentagon budget document requests $30 million to develop 'Polygraph+,' an AI-enhanced deception-detection program to be run by the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency. The system would be used for vetting job applicants and detecting insider threats, though the specific technologies involved have not been disclosed. The request follows a period of increased polygraph use under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, including tests given to roughly 50 Joint Staff officers after leaks about weapons stockpiles.