Lawyer Says OpenAI Engineer’s One-Way Saudi Flight Was Prepaid

A federal complaint suggests a planned one-way flight to Saudi Arabia may have been intended to help former OpenAI employee Abdulrahman Alfozan flee the United States; his lawyer says the ticket had been prepaid. The trip was scheduled for Monday, Oct. 12, for Alfozan, his wife and their child. The FBI arrested him Friday, Oct. 9. Attorney William Pernik said Alfozan was surprised by the search and arrest and called the allegations “wholly out of character.” Pernik said he has limited information about the case and plans to respond more fully in court.

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