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Filing: US prosecutors say OpenAI suspect Abdulrahman Alfozan maintained frequent WhatsApp contact in 2025 and 2026 with an unnamed Saudi Royal Family member (Dan Mangan/CNBC)

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Dan Mangan / CNBC: Filing: US prosecutors say OpenAI suspect Abdulrahman Alfozan maintained frequent WhatsApp contact in 2025 and 2026 with an unnamed Saudi Royal Family member — The Saudi national charged with planting a recording device in a sensitive OpenAI executive conference room in San…

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