An OpenAI engineer was arrested after the company discovered a sophisticated recording device hidden in one of its offices. Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old Saudi national, is charged with using or endeavoring to use a device to intercept oral communications. According to reports, chatbot prompts reveal the engineer's alleged efforts to set up a covert listening device days before it was found in a meeting room used by high-level executives. Source
Character.AI, an interactive chatbot platform, has filed for bankruptcy just five years after its founding. The startup will sell some of its assets to Disney for $20 million. The company faced scrutiny following reports linking its chatbots to user harm. Source
Google has launched Gemini 4 Argon, its long-awaited frontier AI model after months on the sidelines of the competitive AI race. The company claims Argon delivers frontier reasoning and improved performance across complex workflows while reducing hedging, repetition, and formulaic responses that plagued earlier versions. Source
A federal judge ruled that Apple can access OpenAI's hiring records, interview materials involving former Apple employees, and private messages and testimony from key figures in a trade secrets case. The discovery order requires OpenAI to turn over the documents as the legal dispute over employee mobility continues. Source
Pluto Security, a startup focused on enterprise AI safety, raised $42 million as companies grapple with new security risks introduced by widespread employee access to AI tools. The funding reflects growing concern that unrestricted use of AI applications across organizations creates unexpected vulnerabilities and gaping security holes in company systems. Source