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Today’s Fortune 500 Digest.

Fortune · Mar 5

Why Leopold Aschenbrenner’s AI hedge fund is betting big on power companies and Bitcoin miners to fuel the AI boom

New filings show how the former OpenAI researcher is translating his AGI thesis into billions of dollars of bets on electricity, AI infrastructure, and Bitcoin mining companies.

Fortune · Mar 5

The AI investing boom gets its posterboy: Meet Leopold Aschenbrenner

Sharon Goldman’s profile of Leopold Aschenbrenner is a remarkable story in its own right.

Fortune · Oct 16, 2025

OpenAI was hacked, revealing internal secrets and raising national security concerns — year-old breach wasn't reported to the public

As hacker gains access to OpenAI's secrets, concerns rise that Chinese spies can do it too, leading to threats to national security.

Tom’s Hardware · Jul 5, 2024

Hacker infiltrated OpenAI’s messaging system and ‘stole details’ about AI tech

The data breach occurred earlier this year, though the company chose not make it public or inform authorities because it did not consider the incident a threat to national security

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2024

A former OpenAI researcher sees a clear path to AGI this decade. Bill Gates disagrees

Some think AGI is just around the corner. Others think we're nowhere close. Either way, companies need AI that works better than today's LLMs.

Fortune · Jul 2, 2024

How’s this for a bombshell – the US must make AI its next Manhattan Project

A new essay on the rise of superintelligent machines pivots from being a warning to humanity to a rallying cry for an industrial complex to bolster American military defence

The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2024

Former OpenAI researcher says AGI could be achieved by 2027 but laments that shiny products get precedence over security

A former OpenAI researcher recently published a 165-page report highlighting the rapid growth and adoption of AI, security, and more. The paper suggests OpenAI could achieve AGI by 2027, but power supply and increasing demand for GPUs pose a major threat to the benchmark.

Windows Central · Jun 10, 2024