by vostrocity 1 day ago

How did they get that capture of Alfozan looking behind the TV? Does OpenAI install its own surveillance cameras behind TVs to prevent espionage?

Aboutplants 1 day ago

I imagine they found the device and then planted a camera to catch whomever came back to get the original device

  • vostrocity 1 day ago

    Free startup idea: Anti-espionage cameras for corporate offices. Put it behind TVs and plants etc. and it will notify the security team if it detects new objects.

    • paimapi 23 hours ago

      I'm sure employers will never use in-office surveillance monitoring for anything that resembles algorithmic labor management and exploitation

      Certainly they would be transparent and very ethical with something like that

    • jacquesm 23 hours ago

      Now with extra-wide stereo audio feed, just in case they muble to themselves while doing their thing.

    • mohamedkoubaa 23 hours ago

      Won't that startup just be the spy in that situation

      • vostrocity 21 hours ago

        If designed well, it could be audited hardware with on-device processing.

JumpCrisscross 23 hours ago

> How did they get that capture of Alfozan looking behind the TV?

“OpenAI personnel found the device Sept. 3…On Oct. 5, the complaint says, Alfozan entered the conference room and appeared to look behind the television.”

The image was captured after the bug was found.

binlog 1 day ago

A camera behind every TV in the office would be something…

But no the boring answer is that after they found the device they left it in place and planted the camera to see who came looking for it.

  • vostrocity 1 day ago

    That does make more sense. But if any company were to take surprising security measures, it should be the frontier labs.

vatsachak 23 hours ago

So it was not AI agents catching the perp it was a camera?

  • orbital-decay 23 hours ago

    They just asked a chatbot to identify the device and its origins, apparently. His log was used as evidence after the fact as well.