What Allegations of Spying at OpenAI Mean for the A.I. Industry
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If you want to apply to attend the summit, please do so here.Corporate espionage comes for OpenAIJacob Coxon, a former Anthropic researcher who warned about the risks of artificial intelligence, has raised alarms about the possibility of spies inside Anthropic and OpenAI.OpenAI’s revelation on Tuesday that it had discovered a hidden recording device in one of its offices and traced it to an employee, underscores the potential reality of that threat — and adds to concerns around frontier A.I.labs, Sri Muppidi reports.What happened:An OpenAI security team discovered the recording device late last month while sweeping a conference room used for highly sensitive discussions, according to the Justice Department.
(The device, a tool that appears to sell for about $14, was plugged into the USB port of a TV and wrapped in toilet paper, the department said.)Investigators traced the device to Abdulrahman Alfozan, an engineer who joined OpenAI last year, the Justice Department said.Surveillance video showed Alfozan, who didn’t have authority to use the room, near the space around the time that the device was suspected of being installed.They also found another recording device in a bag that he had left in another room, according to the Justice Department.Investigators also discovered queries about how to build a continuously recording device and encrypt its data made on a chatbot account associated with his spouse.OpenAI said the company h...