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美国联邦法官周一裁定，被控在OpenAI公司会议室安装窃听设备的前工程师阿卜杜拉赫曼·阿尔福赞在等待审判期间必须继续羁押。法官对其与沙特阿拉伯的关系表示担忧。

美国检方称阿尔福赞存在潜逃风险，理由是沙特政府提出无条件支持他。检方举例称，沙特领事馆提出与保释担保公司合作，帮助资助阿尔福赞获释。联邦治安法官亚历克斯·谢质疑阿尔福赞是否为沙特的“资产”，以及由政府支持的保释如何能确保他留在美国。谢表示：“我认为这有问题。这看起来像一张空白支票——‘法院要多少我们就付多少来让他出去’。我更关心的是他的家人是否愿意拿出资产作担保。”

阿尔福赞的律师威廉·佩尔尼克驳斥了潜逃风险的担忧，称其毫无根据，但未能说服法官相信阿尔福赞致力于在美国生活。谢表示：“这里存在真实威胁，一旦他离开，案件就结束了。”

阿尔福赞周一身穿橙色囚服出庭，法庭内座无虚席，包括记者、参加实地考察的学生以及约20名支持者。硅谷员工试图窃取公司机密信息的情况并不罕见，但阿尔福赞案因其涉嫌业余间谍手法及背后的地缘政治紧张局势而引发国际关注。当局尚未提供可能的作案动机，但指出阿尔福赞曾为一家沙特风投公司工作，向沙特企业提供咨询服务，且据称与沙特政府高层关系友好。

佩尔尼克表示，没有证据表明阿尔福赞为沙特从事间谍活动或参与秘密行动。谈及OpenAI会议室，他说：“他并不是在夜幕掩护下偷偷溜进去的。这是一个任何人都可以工作的开放房间。”听证会后，佩尔尼克告诉记者，他对羁押裁定感到失望，将继续争取。

阿尔福赞是美国永久居民，一直在申请公民身份，但他与出生国沙特的联系受到了审查。检方称，阿尔福赞在2025年至2026年期间“通过WhatsApp与一名沙特王室成员频繁通信”。据法庭文件，该王室成员试图招募阿尔福赞回国从事一项即将启动的人工智能计划。文件显示，此人今年5月给阿尔福赞写道“沙特比美国更需要你！”阿尔福赞据称回复“100”，表示同意。

美国当局还称，沙特政府在阿尔福赞被捕几天后为其妻子和幼子购买了回国机票。据双方律师称，她最终乘坐其姐夫预订的另一航班提前离开，其姐夫为沙特海军工作。阿尔福赞的妻子未被指控有任何不当行为，FBI上周拒绝就她是否面临指控发表评论。

阿尔福赞在OpenAI工作仅一年多一点，该AI实验室在一间用于机密商务会议的高管会议室电视后面的卫生纸团中发现了一个隐藏的录音设备。OpenAI于9月底发现该设备，将其与阿尔福赞关联，并于本月早些时候在FBI逮捕他之前将其解雇。阿尔福赞面临一项使用设备截取通信的指控，最高可判五年监禁，但检方表示可能追加指控。政府证据包括阿尔福赞与AI聊天机器人的对话，他在对话中请求帮助设置监听设备。检方还出示了一张照片，显示OpenAI移除录音器后阿尔福赞查看电视后面的画面。当局称，由于设备数据已加密，目前不清楚是否录到了任何内容。

当局称，他们还在阿尔福赞家中发现了录音设备组件，在其手机中发现了其他OpenAI监控设备和另一间OpenAI会议室的照片。OpenAI此前表示，在阿尔福赞带到办公室并无人看管的一个包中发现了第二个监听设备。佩尔尼克称，阿尔福赞家中的电子设备是用于家庭监控项目，包括尝试改进猫用的智能猫砂盆。他对法官说：“这位先生花了15年时间沉浸在技术与个人生活的交叉领域。”

当局在听证会前表示，他们认为阿尔福赞有能力潜逃，并援引他在OpenAI工作期间的38.5万美元年薪和220万美元利润分享方案，以及此前在Meta等美国科技公司工作的收入。据阿尔福赞的律师称，其妻子需要离开美国续签美国学生签证，阿尔福赞原计划陪同她出行，但在此之前被捕。他们持有飞往利雅得的单程票，律师称这对阿尔福赞来说是常态，因为他有时需要提前返回工作。

阿尔福赞的另一位律师纳斯·亚辛表示，其妻子的航班是由姐夫以个人身份预订的。亚辛补充说，阿尔福赞的妻子刚刚获得美国访客签证，计划最早周二从沙特返回加州。阿尔福赞的下一次庭审定于11月6日。

中文翻译：

被控在公司会议室安装窃听设备的前OpenAI工程师必须继续羁押候审。联邦法官周一作出上述裁定，并对该工程师与沙特阿拉伯的关系表示担忧。

美国检方指控阿卜杜勒拉赫曼·阿尔福赞有潜逃风险，理由是沙特阿拉伯政府提出无条件支持他。检方举例称，沙特领事馆提出与一家保释担保公司合作，帮助筹集阿尔福赞的保释金。

联邦治安法官亚历克斯·谢质疑阿尔福赞是否是沙特王国的“资产”，以及由政府背书的保释如何能确保他留在美国。“我认为这有问题，”谢说。“这看起来像一张空白支票。‘法院要多少我们就付多少，把他弄出来就行。’我更希望看到他家人愿意拿出资产来担保。”

阿尔福赞的律师威廉·佩尔尼克驳斥了潜逃风险的担忧，称其毫无根据。但他未能说服法官相信阿尔福赞致力于在美国的生活。“这里存在一个真实威胁：一旦他离开，案件就结束了，”谢说。

周一，阿尔福赞身穿橙色囚服、医用口罩拉下挂在脖子上，出现在谢位于旧金山的法庭上。法庭座无虚席，有记者、参加实地考察的学生，以及约20名支持阿尔福赞的人。

员工试图窃取公司机密信息在硅谷屡见不鲜。但阿尔福赞案因涉嫌业余间谍手法及其中涉及的地缘政治紧张局势而引发国际关注。当局尚未提出可能的作案动机，但指出阿尔福赞曾为一家沙特风投公司工作，向沙特公司提供咨询服务，且据称与沙特政府高层人士关系友好。

佩尔尼克表示，没有证据表明阿尔福赞为沙特从事间谍活动或参与秘密行动。“他并不是趁着夜色偷偷溜进去的，”他谈到OpenAI会议室时说。“那是一间开放的房间，任何人都可以在里面工作。”

长达一小时的听证会后，佩尔尼克告诉记者，他对羁押裁定感到失望，将继续争取推翻该裁定。

阿尔福赞是美国永久居民，此前正在申请入籍，但他与祖国沙特的联系受到了审视。检方指控阿尔福赞在2025年和2026年期间“通过WhatsApp与一名沙特王室成员频繁通信”。

据法庭文件显示，这名未具名的沙特王室成员据称正在招募阿尔福赞回国，参与一项即将启动的人工智能计划的工作。文件显示，此人今年5月给阿尔福赞写道：“沙特比美国更需要你！”阿尔福赞据称“回复了‘100’，表示同意”。

美国当局还指控沙特政府在阿尔福赞被捕几天后为其妻子和年幼的儿子购买了回国机票。据双方律师称，她最终提前乘坐另一趟航班离开，该航班由她姐姐的丈夫预订，此人在沙特海军工作。

阿尔福赞的妻子未被指控有任何不当行为，FBI上周拒绝就她是否会面临指控发表评论。

阿尔福赞在OpenAI工作仅一年多，该AI实验室就在一间用于机密商务会议的高管会议室电视后面的卫生纸团中发现了一个隐藏的录音设备。OpenAI于9月底发现了该设备，将其与阿尔福赞关联，随后于本月早些时候在FBI逮捕他之前将其解雇。

阿尔福赞面临一项使用设备拦截通信的指控，最高可判处五年监禁，但检方表示可能追加更多指控。政府证据中包括阿尔福赞与一个AI聊天机器人之间的对话，他在对话中请求帮助设置监听设备。检方还出示了一张照片，显示阿尔福赞在OpenAI移除录音器后查看电视后面的情形。据当局称，由于设备数据已加密，目前不清楚是否录到了任何内容。

当局表示，他们还在阿尔福赞家中发现了录音设备的组件，以及他手机中其他OpenAI监控设备和另一间OpenAI会议室的照片。OpenAI此前表示，在阿尔福赞带到办公室并无人看管的一个包中发现了第二个监听设备。

佩尔尼克声称，阿尔福赞家中的电子设备是用于家庭监控项目，包括尝试改进他们家猫的智能猫砂盆。“这位先生花了15年时间深耕技术与个人生活的交叉领域，”佩尔尼克告诉法官。

当局在听证会前表示，他们认为阿尔福赞有能力潜逃。他们援引了他在OpenAI工作期间获得的38.5万美元年薪和220万美元利润分成方案，以及他此前在Meta和其他美国科技公司工作赚取的其他收入。

据阿尔福赞的律师称，他的妻子需要离开美国以续签美国学生签证。阿尔福赞原计划在被捕前陪同她出行。他们持有一张飞往利雅得的单程机票，阿尔福赞的律师称这对他来说是常态，因为他有时需要提前返回工作。

据阿尔福赞的律师称，他的妻子需要离开美国以续签美国学生签证。阿尔福赞原计划在被捕前陪同她出行。他们持有一张飞往利雅得的单程机票，阿尔福赞的律师称这对他来说是常态，因为他有时需要提前返回工作。

阿尔福赞的另一位律师纳斯·亚辛表示，他妻子的航班是由她姐姐的丈夫以个人身份预订的。亚辛补充说，阿尔福赞的妻子刚刚获得了美国签证，计划最早周二从沙特阿拉伯返回加利福尼亚。阿尔福赞的下一次开庭日期定于11月6日。

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The former OpenAI engineer accused of bugging a company conference room must stay in custody while he awaits trial, a federal judge ruled on Monday after expressing concerns about his ties to Saudi Arabia.
US prosecutors alleged Abdulrahman Alfozan is a flight risk because the Saudi Arabian government has offered to support him with no strings attached. They cited, for example, the Saudi consulate’s offer to work with a bail bonds firm to help fund Alfozan’s release.
Federal magistrate judge Alex Tse questioned whether Alfozan is an “asset” for the kingdom and how a bond backed by the government could keep him in the country. “I find that problematic,” Tse said. “It seems like a blank check. ‘We’re going to pay whatever the court wants to get him out.’ I’m more interested in people from his family wanting to put up assets.”
William Pernik, an attorney for Alfozan, dismissed the flight risk worries as baseless. But he failed to convince the judge that Alfozan was committed to his life in the US. “There is a real threat here that once he leaves the case is over,” Tse said.
Aflozan appeared in an orange prison uniform and a medical face mask pulled down over his neck on Monday in Tse’s San Francisco courtroom, which was filled to capacity with journalists, students on a field trip, and about 20 people supporting Alfozan.
Employee attempts to steal confidential company information are common in Silicon Valley. But Alfozan’s case has drawn international attention for the alleged amateur spycraft and geopolitical tensions at the center of it. Authorities haven’t offered a potential motive but have noted Alfozan has worked for a Saudi venture capital firm, offered consulting services to Saudi companies, and is supposedly friendly with people high up in the Saudi government.
Pernik said there is no evidence of Alfozan spying for Saudi Arabia or engaging in something covert. “It’s not as if he sneaked in under the covers of darkness,” he said of the OpenAI conference room. “This was an open room where anybody could work in.”
After the hour-long hearing, Pernik told reporters he was disappointed with the custody ruling and would continue to try to fight it.
While Alfozan is a US permanent resident who had been on the path to obtaining citizenship, his ties to his native Saudi Arabia have come under scrutiny. Prosecutors allege that Alfozan was “in frequent communications via WhatsApp” with a member of the Saudi royal family throughout 2025 and 2026.
The Saudi royal, who is not identified, was allegedly recruiting Alfozan to return to the country for a job working on a forthcoming AI initiative, according to a court filing. “Saudi needs you more then [sic] the US!” the individual wrote to Alfozan this past May, per the filing. Alfozan allegedly “responded ‘100,’ indicating he agreed.”
US authorities also allege that the Saudi government bought Alfozan's wife and infant son a ticket to return to the country a few days after his arrest. She ended up leaving sooner on another flight booked by her sister’s husband, who works for the Saudi navy, according to attorneys for both sides.
Alfozan's wife has not been accused of wrongdoing, and the FBI last week declined to comment on whether she would face any charges.
Alfozan was at OpenAI for just over a year when the AI lab discovered a covert audio recording device hidden in a wad of toilet paper behind a TV in an executive conference room used for confidential business meetings. OpenAI found the device in late September, connected it to Alfozan, and then fired him earlier this month just before the FBI arrested him.
Alfozan faces five years in prison on a single count of using a device to intercept communications, but prosecutors say additional charges are possible. Included among the government’s evidence are alleged conversations between Alfozan and an AI chatbot in which he asked for help setting up listening devices. Prosecutors also produced a photo taken of Alfozan looking behind the TV after OpenAI had removed the recorder. It’s unclear what, if anything, was recorded, because the device’s data was encrypted, according to authorities.
Authorities say they also found components for recording devices at Alfozan’s home and photos of other OpenAI monitors and another OpenAI conference room on his phone. OpenAI previously said it recovered a second listening device in a bag Alfozan brought to the office and left unattended.
Pernik claimed the electronics at Alfozan’s home were for home monitoring projects, including trying to improve a smart litter box for their cat. “This is a gentleman who spent 15 years of life immersed at this intersection of technology and personal life,” Pernik told the judge.
Authorities said ahead of the hearing that they believed Alfozan had the means to flee. They cited the $385,000 salary and $2.2 million profit-sharing package he received while working at OpenAI as well as other funds he earned from previous gigs at Meta and other US tech companies.
According to Alfozan's attorneys, his wife needed to leave the US to renew her American student visa. Alfozan had planned to accompany her on the trip before being arrested. They had a one-way ticket to Riyadh, which Alfozan’s attorneys said was typical for him because he sometimes had to return earlier than planned for work.
According to Alfozan's attorneys, his wife needed to leave the US to renew her American student visa. Alfozan had planned to accompany her on the trip before being arrested. They had a one-way ticket to Riyadh, which Alfozan’s attorneys said was typical for him because he sometimes had to return earlier than planned for work.
Nas Yasin, another attorney for Alfozan, said his wife’s flight was booked by her sister’s husband in his personal capacity. Yasin added that Alfozan’s wife had just secured a visitor visa from the US and planned to return to California from Saudi Arabia as soon as Tuesday. Alfozan’s next court date is scheduled for November 6.
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