An OpenAI Employee Allegedly Used a Chatbot to Help Plant a Recording Device at the Office

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Source: www.wired.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Left · Published: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:17:59 GMT

Chatbot prompts reveal the engineer’s alleged efforts to set up a covert listening device days before one was found in a meeting room used by high-level executives.