OpenAI finds recording device in one of their offices

https://twitter.com/OpenAINewsroom/status/2110095403198849132

41•jaredwiener•47m ago

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minimaxir•43m ago

> We used our models to understand the device and where it had come from

Did OpenAI do a marketing bit in the middle of an espionage accusation?

xvxvx•36m ago

Yes. Yes they did. Which makes me question the honesty of their announcement.

orangecat•30m ago

Yes, the classic marketing ploy of making false reports to the FBI.

MisterMunchkin•17m ago

They were literally caught making false reports to a murder investigation

arm32•12m ago

In case anybody is wondering: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqkg50j1yd5lo

SpicyLemonZest•9m ago

I guess I’m still wondering, because I did think this is what was being referred to but it is not a story about OpenAI.

SpicyLemonZest•10m ago

It could be that the reports are accurate and the device simply wasn’t as sophisticated as the statement implies. You could if you wanted use an AI model to analyze a USB camera with device name “John_Doe_1”.

rvz•32m ago

So but OpenAI did it to Apple and they were caught, and now OpenAI doesn't like it when it happens to them?

Either way, there goes the false flag and the reason for companies to stop hiring humans over this espionage.

int32_64•24m ago

Between this and the Ledger implants I wonder if AI companies will have a supply chain risk in the future where their models get exfiltrated over 5G.

Good time to start a company that builds giant Faraday cages over data centers.

Razengan•21m ago

An iPhone? A laptop?

jeffbee•1m ago

Right. I can guarantee that there are tens of thousands of listening devices with embedded radios in the OpenAI office, right now. The only open question is who controls them.

delichon•11m ago

  Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, a Saudi national, was arrested Friday and charged with using or attempting to use a device to intercept oral communications.

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