Leopold Aschenbrenner
German AI researcher and asset manager
📍 San Francisco, California USA • 🏢 Employer: OpenAI, LLC
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Leopold Aschenbrenner is a German artificial intelligence researcher and investor. He was part of OpenAI's "Superalignment" team before he was fired in April 2024 over an alleged information leak, which Aschenbrenner disputes. In 2024, he published an essay titled "Situational Awareness" about the emergence of artificial general intelligence (AGI) and related security risks. The essay attracted widespread media and industry attention, and became the namesake for Aschenbrenner's hedge fund, Situa
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