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オープンAI機密会議室に盗聴器、起訴された元技術者とは
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OpenAI绝密会议室窃听案：涉事工程师是何人
阿尔福赞在硅谷步步高升的同时，始终与沙特阿拉伯保持着联系。美国联邦特工指控他在OpenAI会议室电视机背后偷安窃听设备。 2016年夏天，沙特阿拉伯的穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼(Mohammed bin Salman)与一群年轻的沙特科技工作者一同出席硅谷的一场活动。当时，一名刚从麻省理工学院(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)毕业的年轻人正寻求建议，希望有人指点自己是否应该回国。 这名毕业生是阿卜杜勒拉赫曼·阿尔福赞(Abdulrahman Alfozan)。他在最近发布的一期播客访谈中回忆说，穆罕默德王子告诉在场的人，更好的选择是先在美国磨炼技能，再返回沙特阿拉伯。 Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 立即订阅 热门文章 热门视频
The Engineer Accused of Bugging OpenAI’s Top-Secret Conference Room
Abdulrahman Alfozan kept ties in Saudi Arabia while he rose in Silicon Valley, until federal agents alleged he hid recorder behind conference-room television When Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman appeared at an event in Silicon Valley with young Saudi tech workers in the summer of 2016, a new graduate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology was looking for guidance on whether to return to his homeland.
OpenAI engineer allegedly hid toilet paper-wrapped mic in conference room
Image of the suspect allegedly checking on the recording device. (Department of Justice) By Maxwell Zeff and Meghan Bobrowsky • Oct 14, 2026 An OpenAI engineer visited a familiar conference room in one of the company’s San Francisco office buildings last week — and peered behind a television set mounted to a wall.
OpenAI Engineer Allegedly Hid Toilet Paper-Wrapped Mic in Conference Room
Federal prosecutors allege a Saudi OpenAI employee spent weeks querying internal tools and scoping out a building before hiding a recording device behind a TV set SAN FRANCISCO—An OpenAI engineer visited a familiar conference room in one of the company’s San Francisco office buildings last week—and peered behind a television set mounted to a wall.
オープンAIのエンジニア、会議室にトイレットペーパーで包んだマイク隠した疑い
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OpenAI engineer allegedly hid toilet paper-wrapped mic in conference room
SAN FRANCISICO—An OpenAI engineer visited a familiar conference room in one of the company's San Francisco office buildings last week—and peered behind a television set mounted to a wall. Abdulrahman Alfozan had spent weeks scoping out the room, which could only be reserved by executives at the artificial-intelligence company and their assistants, federal prosecutors allege.
一名沙特公民被控在OpenAI办公室安装窃听设备
联邦检察官周二指称，嫌疑人用卫生纸包住一个黑色小型窃听设备，将其藏在OpenAI一间会议室的电视机背后。 一名曾在OpenAI担任工程师的沙特籍男子被捕并受到起诉。他涉嫌在OpenAI位于旧金山的一处办公室藏匿加密录音设备。 联邦检察官周二指称，嫌疑人是35岁的阿卜杜勒拉赫曼·阿尔福赞(Abdulrahman Alfozan)；9月下旬，他用卫生纸包住一个黑色小型设备，将其藏在OpenAI一间会议室的电视机背后。 Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 立即订阅 热门文章 热门视频
Saudi national charged with bugging OpenAI's office
A Saudi national who worked as an engineer at OpenAI has been arrested and charged with hiding an encrypted recording device at a company office in San Francisco. Federal prosecutors alleged Tuesday that the suspect, a 35-year-old man named Abdulrahman Alfozan, concealed the small black device in toilet paper and hid it behind a television in an OpenAI conference room in late September. OpenAI alerted the FBI after discovering the device, and Alfozan was arrested last week.
AI Agents Are a Threat to Travel Businesses. Airbnb Could Still Be a Winner.
The logistics corridor launched by the Sharjah Ports, Customs and Free Zones Authority in cooperation with Oman Customs recorded robust growth during its first three months of operation, reflecting the success of an integrated sea–land logistics model that supports smoother trade flows, improves supply chain efficiency and provides importers, exporters, freight companies and logistics service providers with more flexible and competitive logistics solutions.
Saudi Arabia signs energy cooperation agreements with Mongolia, Tanzania, Cyprus, Mauritius
The logistics corridor launched by the Sharjah Ports, Customs and Free Zones Authority in cooperation with Oman Customs recorded robust growth during its first three months of operation, reflecting the success of an integrated sea–land logistics model that supports smoother trade flows, improves supply chain efficiency and provides importers, exporters, freight companies and logistics service providers with more flexible and competitive logistics solutions.
Revive ME 2026: What’s Next for the UAE’s Longevity Ecosystem?
There is ample and alarming evidence that artificial intelligence can help humans do bad things, such as committing cyberattacks, building weapons and even killing themselves or others. The Hugging Face hacking episode—and a growing list of others by poorly constrained swarms of agents—indicate just how powerful and potentially dangerous AI has quickly become.
UAE Cyber Security Council and SCC Middle East Partner on Cyber Resilience Centre
There is ample and alarming evidence that artificial intelligence can help humans do bad things, such as committing cyberattacks, building weapons and even killing themselves or others. The Hugging Face hacking episode—and a growing list of others by poorly constrained swarms of agents—indicate just how powerful and potentially dangerous AI has quickly become.
Fired OpenAI researchers ask company to preserve visibility into AI reasoning
Three fired OpenAI employees called on the company to work with outside safety auditors and to preserve the ability to monitor increasingly sophisticated AI models as it grapples with how to best manage the novel risks of its technology.
Fired OpenAI Researchers Ask Company to Preserve Visibility Into AI Reasoning
In letter to the board, recently terminated employees ask the industry not to move forward with work that would degrade the ability to monitor AI Three fired OpenAI employees called on the company to work with outside safety auditors and to preserve the ability to monitor increasingly sophisticated AI models as it grapples with how to best manage the novel risks of its technology.
Dolly Parton’s Onetime Hollywood Hills Home Lists for the First Time in a Generation Asking $7.95M
There is ample and alarming evidence that artificial intelligence can help humans do bad things, such as committing cyberattacks, building weapons and even killing themselves or others. The Hugging Face hacking episode—and a growing list of others by poorly constrained swarms of agents—indicate just how powerful and potentially dangerous AI has quickly become.
OpenAI fires researchers for allegedly sharing information with AI safety group
By Keach Hagey, Maxwell Zeff and Berber Jin • Oct 02, 2026 OpenAI has fired three researchers for alleged misconduct, including sharing confidential company information with a third-party AI-safety organization, according to people familiar with the matter. The company recently told some employees that it had terminated three researchers who worked on its safety team, one of the people said.
OpenAI fires researchers for allegedly sharing information with AI safety group
OpenAI has fired three researchers for alleged misconduct, including sharing confidential company information with a third-party AI-safety organization, according to people familiar with the matter. The company recently told some employees that it had terminated three researchers who worked on its safety team, one of the people said. The affected employees are Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak, and Mikita Balesni, the people familiar with the matter said. The researchers didn't immediately comment.
OpenAI Fires Researchers Researchers After Alleged Information-Sharing
OpenAI has fired three researchers for alleged misconduct including sharing confidential company information with a third-party AI-safety organization, according to people familiar with the matter. The company recently told some employees it had terminated three researchers who worked on its safety team, one of the people said. The affected employees are Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak, and Mikita Balesni, the people familiar with the matter said.
OpenAI fires researchers after alleged information-sharing
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OpenAI Parts Ways With Researchers Who Allegedly Shared Confidential Information — WSJ
OpenAI Parts Ways With Researchers Who Allegedly Shared Confidential Information — WSJ OPENAI By Keach Hagey, Maxwell Zeff and Berber Jin OpenAI has parted ways with three researchers for allegedly sharing confidential company information with a third-party AI-safety organization, according to people familiar with the matter. The company recently told some employees it had terminated three researchers who worked on its safety team, one of the people said.
OpenAI Fires Researchers for Allegedly Sharing Information with AI Safety Group
The startup, in the throes of responding to rogue AI incidents, said three employees violated policies for handling sensitive company data
OpenAI Parts Ways With Researchers Who Allegedly Shared Confidential Information
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OpenAI Parts Ways With Researchers Who Allegedly Shared Confidential Information
AI startup is in the throes of responding to several incidents in which its AI models went rogue OpenAI has parted ways with three researchers for allegedly sharing confidential company information with a third-party AI-safety organization, according to people familiar with the matter. The company recently told some employees it had terminated three researchers who worked on its safety team, one of the people said. Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
OpenAI Fires Researchers for Allegedly Sharing Information with AI Safety Group
The startup, in the throes of responding to rogue AI incidents, said three employees violated policies for handling sensitive company data OpenAI has fired three researchers for alleged misconduct, including sharing confidential company information with a third-party AI-safety organization, according to people familiar with the matter. The company recently told some employees that it had terminated three researchers who worked on its safety team, one of the people said.
Sustainable Data Center Summit | Dubai
There is ample and alarming evidence that artificial intelligence can help humans do bad things, such as committing cyberattacks, building weapons and even killing themselves or others. The Hugging Face hacking episode—and a growing list of others by poorly constrained swarms of agents—indicate just how powerful and potentially dangerous AI has quickly become.
OpenAI president backs out of pledged $25-million donation to AI super PAC
OpenAI co-founder and President Greg Brockman told employees he won't make a pledged multimillion-dollar donation to a political group working to elect members of Congress who support pro-artificial intelligence policies. Brockman and his wife donated $25 million to Leading the Future last September, and had committed to contributing another $25 million in 2026.
OpenAI President Backs Out of Pledged $25 Million Donation to AI Super PAC
Greg Brockman has faced backlash from employees who support stronger AI regulations OpenAI co-founder and President Greg Brockman told employees he won’t make a pledged multimillion-dollar donation to a political group working to elect members of Congress who support pro-artificial intelligence policies. Brockman and his wife donated $25 million to Leading the Future last September, and had committed to contributing another $25 million in 2026.
OpenAI Launches Always-On AI Agents to Challenge Meta's Muse — WSJ
OpenAI Launches Always-On AI Agents to Challenge Meta's Muse — WSJ OPENAI OpenAI released its latest contender in the AI-assistant race with Dot, an always-on agent that will work in the background to complete tasks on users' behalf. Chief Executive Sam Altman announced the offering at the company's annual developer conference in San Francisco. Dot is set to compete with buzzy new products such as Meta's Muse and Instinct.
OpenAI scraps release of new AI model over safety concerns
(Mariia Shalabaieva / Unsplash) By Maxwell Zeff • Sep 29, 2026 OpenAI says it is scrapping the release of its next-generation AI model over safety concerns that researchers raised during internal testing, in one of the clearest signs so far that agent misbehavior could stymie the industry’s rapid progression.
OpenAI scraps release of new AI model over safety concerns
OpenAI says it is scrapping the release of its next-generation AI model over safety concerns that researchers raised during internal testing, in one of the clearest signs so far that agent misbehavior could stymie the industry's rapid progression. The move follows a summer punctuated by reports of artificial-intelligence systems industrywide going rogue, and marks a rare case of a major AI developer ditching a new release because of safety concerns.
Top AI researchers call for urgent oversight of self-improving systems
Research leaders at OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta Platforms and Microsoft are asking policymakers to probe the degree to which their companies have automated artificial-intelligence research, joining industrywide calls for greater oversight of the fast-evolving technology.
OpenAI Scraps Release of New AI Model Over Safety Concerns — WSJ
OpenAI is scrapping the release of its next-generation AI model over safety concerns that researchers raised during internal testing, in one of the clearest signs so far that agent misbehavior could stymie the industry's rapid progression. The move follows a summer punctuated by reports of artificial-intelligence systems industrywide going rogue, and marks a rare case of a major AI developer ditching a new release because of safety concerns.
OpenAI Scraps Release of New AI Model Over Safety Concerns
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OpenAI Scraps Release of New AI Model Over Safety Concerns
Model dubbed GPT-6.1 Astra was due to make its debut inside ChatGPT and Codex in October OpenAI says it is scrapping the release of its next-generation AI model over safety concerns that researchers raised during internal testing, in one of the clearest signs so far that agent misbehavior could stymie the industry’s rapid progression.
自己改善型AIの監視強化要請 オープンAIなど大手の研究者
米オープンAI、米アンソロピック、米メタ・プラットフォームズ、米マイクロソフトの研究責任者が共同で、各社が人工知能（AI）開発をどの程度自動化しているかを政策当局が調査する必要があると主張した。急速に進化するAI技術への監視を強めるよう求める業界全体の呼びかけに加わった。 28日に公開した論文で、オープンAIのヤクブ・パホツキ最高科学責任者（CSO）、アンソロピックのジャック・クラーク共同創業者、マイクロソフトのエリック・ホービッツCSO、メタのAI研究担当バイスプレジデントであるドーン・ソン氏らは、AI開発の自動化が「知能爆発」を引き起こしかねないと主張した。そうなれば数年分の進化が数カ月かより短期間で起きかねず、人間の理解力を超えるかもしれないという。 Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 ウォール・ストリート・ジャーナル日本版 今すぐ購読する
Top AI Researchers Call for Urgent Oversight of Self-Improving Systems
Leaders at OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft and Meta say AI could soon self-improve faster than humans can keep up with In a paper published Monday, researchers including OpenAI Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark, Microsoft Chief Scientific Officer Eric Horvitz and Meta’s Vice President of AI Research Dawn Song wrote that automating AI research could set off an “intelligence explosion.” Such a development could compress years of progress into months or less and...
Top News Today/Canada: Retail Sales Recover; BlackBerry Lifts Outlook
Retail Sales Recover Following First Fall of Year in July Canadian retail sales are tracking for a rebound in August after a broad retreat in spending the month before led to the first pullback in retail trade this year. An advance estimate by Statistics Canada indicates sales rose 1.3% last month, which given goods prices were largely unchanged hints at an increase in trade volumes as well.
The Group Chat Where World Leaders Are Racing to Create AI Controls
An island meeting, texts between the leaders of Canada, France and Norway reveal an emerging alliance: ‘We’re in’ Norway’s prime minister thumbed out a text message to an increasingly familiar contact on his phone—a fellow head of government he hoped would join a nascent plan of Western leaders to design a new framework to regulate artificial intelligence. Jonas Gahr Støre said that within 10 minutes, Canada’s Mark Carney had texted back: “Of course.
The AI Slowdown Debate Crashed Salesforce’s Party
Decked out in purple and plaid, Gwen Stefani belted her 2002 single “Underneath It All” to a packed conference center in San Francisco on Tuesday morning—but she was just the warm-up. At the end of her performance, Stefani shouted “Dreamforce! Let’s go!” into a checkered microphone before Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff strode into the spotlight. Dreamforce is billed as the world’s largest enterprise software conference but feels more like attending a megachurch—especially this year.
OpenAI agent hacked Australian government website
An OpenAI agent infiltrated a government-services website in Australia this summer, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday at the United Nations meeting in New York. It appears to be the first publicly disclosed incident of an artificial-intelligence agent gaining unauthorized access to a government service. Albanese said the incident began June 18.
OpenAI Agent Hacked Australian Government Website
Attack appeared to be first publicly disclosed incident of an AI agent gaining unauthorized access to government files An OpenAI agent infiltrated a government-services website in Australia this summer, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday at the United Nations meeting in New York. It appears to be the first publicly disclosed incident of an artificial-intelligence agent gaining unauthorized access to a government service. Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
The group chat where world leaders are racing to create AI controls
Norway's prime minister thumbed out a text message to an increasingly familiar contact on his phone—a fellow head of government he hoped would join a nascent plan of Western leaders to design a new framework to regulate artificial intelligence. Jonas Gahr Støre said that within 10 minutes, Canada's Mark Carney had texted back: “Of course.
An OpenAI Agent Tried to Jailbreak Itself
OpenAI announced a new framework on Wednesday for how it publicly discloses AI misalignment incidents, which the company says it hopes will help inform similar standards across the industry.
OpenAI urges Washington to lead global effort to create AI-safety standards
OpenAI is asking the U.S. government to lead an effort with other countries to develop global safety and security standards for building cutting-edge artificial-intelligence systems. In a proposal published Monday, the company suggested that countries worldwide should set common measures for evaluating forthcoming self-improving AI systems and establish secure channels to share emerging threats.
OpenAI Urges U.S. Government to Create Global AI-Safety Standards — WSJ
OpenAI Urges U.S. Government to Create Global AI-Safety Standards — WSJ OPENAI OpenAI is asking the U.S. government to lead an effort with other countries to develop global safety and security standards for building frontier artificial-intelligence systems. In a proposal published Monday, the company suggested that countries around the world should set common measures for evaluating self-improving AI systems, and establish secure channels to share emerging threats.
OpenAI Urges U.S. Government to Create Global AI-Safety Standards
Trump says he won’t stifle growth and that Justice Department can ‘rein in things’ if needed OpenAI is asking the U.S. government to lead an effort with other countries to develop global safety and security standards for building cutting-edge artificial-intelligence systems. In a proposal published Monday, the company suggested that countries worldwide should set common measures for evaluating forthcoming self-improving AI systems and establish secure channels to share emerging threats.
The AI Slowdown Debate Crashed Salesforce’s Party
Decked out in purple and plaid, Gwen Stefani belted her 2002 single “Underneath It All” to a packed conference center in San Francisco on Tuesday morning—but she was just the warm-up. At the end of her performance, Stefani shouted “Dreamforce! Let’s go!” into a checkered microphone before Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff strode into the spotlight. Dreamforce is billed as the world’s largest enterprise software conference but feels more like attending a megachurch—especially this year.
OpenAI dice que una de sus IA intentó burlar sus propias reglas y presenta un marco para reportar incidentes
OpenAI anunció un nuevo marco para informar públicamente sobre incidentes de desalineación de la IA, con la intención de que sirva como referencia para establecer normas similares en toda la industria. La compañía también publicó nuevos detalles sobre varios casos detectados durante el último año, incluido uno en el que un agente de IA parecía darse a sí mismo "instrucciones similares a las de un jailbreak".
The AI Researcher Who Just Quit Anthropic Says It’s ‘Crunch Time for Humanity’
Artificial intelligence researcher Jacob Coxon sent shock waves through Silicon Valley and beyond on Tuesday by announcing his resignation from Anthropic and delivering a grave warning that the AI race is putting all of our lives at risk. In his post on X, which now has more than 100 million views, Coxon wrote that many of the people building AI share his views and believe time is running out to ensure AI systems are built safely.
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