Ex-OpenAI researcher loses $35 billion betting on AI stocks

Leopold Aschenbrenner, a 24-year-old former OpenAI researcher, lost roughly $35 billion in July through highly leveraged bets on AI stocks, with Citadel buying his fund's positions at a discount, the Financial Times reports.

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