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'The Nostradamus of AI': WSJ reporter explains where Leopold Aschenbrenner went wrong

Citadel CEO Ken Griffin acquired Situational Awareness, the AI hedge fund founded by former OpenAI employee Leopold Aschenbrenner, after the fund suffered significant losses. The Wall Street Journal's Gregory Zuckerman details the fund's failures and Aschenbrenner's missteps.

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'The Nostradamus of AI': WSJ reporter explains where Leopold Aschenbrenner went wrong
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Citadel CEO Ken Griffin purchased former OpenAI (OPAI.PVT) employee Leopold Aschenbrenner's AI hedge fund, Situational Awareness, following steep AI losses.

The Wall Street Journal's special writer, Gregory Zuckerman, discusses the details and where things went wrong.

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