Ex-OpenAI engineer charged with planting recording device had one-way flight booked to Saudi Arabia, DOJ says

The former OpenAI engineer charged with planting a recording device inside a conference room at the AI giant's San Francisco office had a one-way flight booked to Saudi Arabia days before he was taken into federal custody, the Justice Department said.

Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old Saudi national, had a flight booked for Oct. 12 — days after his arrest — for himself, his wife, and another relative, according to court documents.

Federal prosecutors cited his travel plans when asking...