上个月因被指控在公司办公室安装窃听装置而被解雇并逮捕的OpenAI工程师Abdulrahman Alfozan，于周五认罪不成立。他在旧金山联邦法院作出此答辩，距离他被拘留已过去几周。此前一名法官在听证会上认定这名沙特阿拉伯公民有潜逃风险，拒绝了他的保释申请。
Abdulrahman Alfozan, the OpenAI engineer fired and arrested last month on accusations that he'd bugged the company's office, pleaded not guilty on Friday. He entered the plea in San Francisco's federal courthouse, a few weeks into his detention. A judge at a prior hearing deemed the Saudi a flight risk and declined his request for bond.
联邦特工于10月9日逮捕了Alfozan，指控他一项拦截口头通信罪。检方称，这名35岁的工程师将一个用卫生纸包裹的录音装置藏在OpenAI一间会议室的电视机后面。检方还指称，其妻子的聊天机器人历史记录显示，曾多次输入关于制作、测试和隐藏音频录音机的提示词。
Federal agents arrested Alfozan on October 9 and charged him with one count of intercepting oral communications. Prosecutors say the 35-year-old engineer hid a recording device wrapped in toilet paper behind a television in an OpenAI conference room. They also alleged that his wife's chatbot history showed multiple prompts about building, testing, and hiding an audio recorder.
周五，法官Peter Kang提醒Alfozan拥有保持沉默权和聘请律师权。Alfozan的律师David Rizk 放弃宣读起诉书，并代其作出无罪答辩。
On Friday, Judge Peter Kang reminded Alfozan of his rights to remain silent and to an attorney. Alfozan's lawyer, David Rizk, waived the reading of Alfozan's indictment and entered a not-guilty plea.
Alfozan和妻子居住在加利福尼亚州Millbrae。邻居向《商业内幕》表示，这对夫妇平时很少与人往来，但偶尔会举办聚会。在加入OpenAI之前，Alfozan曾在Facebook工作，也曾任职于Y Combinator孵化的初创公司Nash，并曾为一家沙特公司担任风险投资投资人。他自大学起便生活在美国。他之前的律师称，他持有绿卡，是合法永久居民，在被捕前几周原定参加入籍面试。Alfozan的下一次听证会定于11月17日举行。
Alfozan and his wife lived in Millbrae, California. Neighbors told Business Insider that the couple largely kept to themselves, though they would occasionally host parties. Before OpenAI, Alfozan worked at Facebook, a Y Combinator-backed startup called Nash, and as a venture capital investor for a Saudi firm. He's lived in the US since college. His previous lawyer said he had a green card, making him a permanent legal resident, and had been weeks away from a naturalization interview before his arrest. Alfozan's next hearing is scheduled for November 17.