DNI Jay Clayton: AI espionage is real and companies must be wary

Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton told CNBC that commercial and state-sponsored AI espionage are realities that both US companies and the government must guard against. His comments followed the case of Saudi national Abdulrahman Alfozan, an OpenAI employee charged with planting a recording device in an OpenAI conference room.

• Clayton: commercial and state-sponsored AI espionage are realities
• Alfozan case: recording device found in OpenAI conference room
• Ex-CIA official: the case is 'probably the tip of the iceberg'
• White House AI task force set up three subcommittees