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The Department of Justice announced the news of Alfozan’s arrest as FBI director Kash Patel reacted to the news. The agency may also seek access to the arrested Omani co-pilot – Hamam al-Hammami – for questioning, the officials added. Read more here. Abdulrahman Alfozan, a Saudi OpenAI employee, was arrested over installing a hidden recording device in the executive conference room. He has shared the screen with Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Yash, Pawan Kalyan, Vijay Deverakonda, Vijay Sethupathi and others throughout his career. In an interview with Hindustan Times, the actor, however, admits that he did not realise the extent of most of his co-stars’ stardom while shooting with them. Bodyguards carrying machine guns and fawning on set was the giveaway. Read the full interview here
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will soon approach the Centre to seek permission for a team to travel to the UAE to record the statement of Indian pilot Smit Machchhar and interact with local investigators to obtain details of their findings in connection with last month’s hijacking attempt on Flydubai flight FZ-1073, officials aware of the details said. Mumbai-based British actor Benedict Garrett has been working in India since 2022 and has collaborated with some of the country’s biggest names.
“An employee of OpenAI, a super intelligence (SI), also known as artificial intelligence, company headquartered in San Francisco, has been arrested for and charged with using or endeavoring to use an electronic, mechanical, or other device to intercept oral communications,” the DOJ statement read.
