@ChineseWSJ: #Exclusive According to people familiar with the matter, Situational Awareness, a once-prominent hedge fund focused on AI, has sold most of its stock portfolio to Citadel after suffering heavy losses. The fund was founded by former OpenAI employee Aschenbrenner, who was once hailed by some as...
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According to people familiar with the matter, Situational Awareness, an AI-focused hedge fund, has sold most of its stock portfolio to Citadel after heavy losses. The fund was founded by former OpenAI employee Aschenbrenner, who was once dubbed the 'AI prophet.'
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#Exclusive According to people familiar with the matter, Situational Awareness, the once high-flying AI-focused hedge fund, has sold most of its stock portfolio to Citadel after suffering heavy losses. Former OpenAI employee Aschenbrenner founded Situational, and he was once hailed by some as an “AI prophet.” https://t.co/b3v5Gl7VZr
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