# OpenAI’s lead engineer was secretly a spy...

**Published:** October 15, 2026
**Author:** Fireship
**Source:** YouTube — Fireship AI
**Language:** en-US
**HTML:** https://aiqazaqstan.com/en/articles/openai-s-lead-engineer-was-secretly-a-spy

Yesterday, the FBI announced the arrest of the lead engineer of OpenAI's Agents platform after he bugged the executive conference room at their HQ. A story I feel uniquely qualified to cover, having spent over 300 hours hiding inside a cardboard box in Metal Gear Solid. And it…

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**Tags:** #Google DeepMind #OpenAI #GPU & Суперкомпьютеры #YouTube

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