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Leopold Aschenbrenner
German-American AI researcher
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alive
- born
- 2001
- died
- no date on record
- age
- 25
- known for
- artificial intelligence researcher
born 2001
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who leopold aschenbrenner is
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.
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