This is Abdulrahman Alfozan: lauded as a young Saudi flourishing in Silicon Valley, a constant presence in the overlapping circles between Big Tech and Saudi Arabia, and “the only Saudi at OpenAI”. Then OpenAI found a bug wrapped in toilet paper ...
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This is Abdulrahman Alfozan: lauded as a young Saudi flourishing in Silicon Valley, a constant presence in the overlapping circles between Big Tech and Saudi Arabia, and “the only Saudi at OpenAI”. Then OpenAI found a bug wrapped in toilet paper ... Read the story on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/MOmJUcC
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This is Abdulrahman Alfozan: lauded as a young Saudi flourishing in Silicon Valley, a constant presence in the overlapping circles between Big Tech and Saudi Arabia, and “the only Saudi at OpenAI”. Then OpenAI found a bug wrapped in toilet paper ...
Read the story on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/MOmJUcC
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I'm 90% certain he was being pressured by the Saudi government or someone in the regime.
But I thought stealing other peoples work was cool with them?
ok, i'll bite, lets say this guy is a Saudi spy. How did they know he planted the bug, he did it on camera? in front of someone? mkay