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SEC Investigating Near-Implosion of AI Hedge Fund

✇Slashdot
Par : BeauHD
24 août 2026 à 22:00
The SEC is investigating the near-collapse of AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness, sending subpoenas to major Wall Street banks for details about the fund's trades, borrowing, and communications with lenders. The fund, founded by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, managed over $30 billion and borrowed tens of billions more before leveraged bets unraveled, forcing it to sell most of its stock portfolio to Citadel at a discount. The New York Times reports: The subpoenas asked for details on the timing of Situational Awareness's trades and for its communications with lenders about the money it was borrowing, also known as "leverage," two of those people said. The subpoenas additionally warned the banks to preserve any information regarding the San Francisco hedge fund. The S.E.C. oversees financial markets with an eye toward protecting small investors, and has brought civil cases regularly against investment firms that produced large losses. Any investigation into Situational Awareness would be at its earliest stages, and it's no guarantee that it would lead to fines or other punishment. The hedge fund has not been accused of wrongdoing. [...] Situational Awareness had a fast rise and an even quicker retreat. Founded just two years ago by Leopold Aschenbrenner, a former researcher at OpenAI, it rode the A.I. boom to soaring investment returns. To achieve those results, however, the fund relied on heavy borrowing, as well as complicated and expensive financial instruments that magnify gains -- and losses. The latter piled up quickly last month when the stock prices of publicly traded, high-flying A.I. companies dipped. At the same time, shares in more traditional technology companies -- which the hedge fund had been betting against -- rose, compounding the problem. Situational Awareness was forced into a fire sale. It wound up selling most of its stock portfolio to a rival, Citadel, at a discount.

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Belgique : le corps d’un enfant retrouvé dans un bois, deux mois après la disparition d’un garçon et de son père

✇Le Figaro - Actualité en direct et informations en continu
24 août 2026 à 21:41
Près de deux mois après leur disparition, le corps du petit Tyméo aurait été retrouvé au pied d’une souche dans un bois à Onhaye. Des effets personnels de son père se trouvaient à proximité, tandis que les recherches se poursuivent pour retrouver ce dernier.

© HATIM KAGHAT / AFP

La police belge a découvert le corps sans vie d’un jeune garçon de 5 ans à Onhaye, ce lundi 24 août.

Dans l’Aude, 41 blessés après une tornade ; la commune de Pomas partiellement détruite

✇Le Monde.fr - Actualités et Infos en France et dans le monde
24 août 2026 à 20:15
Deux centres d’hébergement ont été ouverts aux victimes pour la nuit. Plus de 120 sapeurs-pompiers sont mobilisés et des renforts sont attendus.

© DENIS MARECHAL/RÉSEAUX SOCIAUX VIA REUTERS

Une capture d’écran tirée d’une vidéo publiée sur les réseaux sociaux montre une tornade traverser Verzeille (Aude), le 24 août 2026.
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