Rumors are circulating on Wall Street that another AI fund, Value Aligned Research Advisors (VARA), has blown up amid sharp declines in the stock market. If true, this would be the second high-profile AI fund liquidation in two months, after Leopold Aschenbrenner's "Situational Awareness" blew up at the end of July.
BUBBLE IS BURSTING?
Farhad A.
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