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A 24-year-old AI wunderkind became one of the market's most influential investors, until leverage and margin calls forced billions in tech-stock sales. Bloomberg's Sri Natarajan joined Bloomberg Open Interest to explain how a futuristic AI empire collided with one of Wall Street's oldest and most dangerous mistakes.

The University of Michigan's final July sentiment index increased to 55.2 this month, according to the survey released Friday. That's an improvement from the preliminary estimate of 54.4. Michael McKee reports on "Bloomberg Open Interest."

A heavily leveraged AI hedge fund unraveled after volatile stocks triggered margin calls and a frantic asset sale. Bloomberg's Hema Parmar joined Bloomberg Open Interest to explain how Situational Awareness scrambled for buyers before Ken Griffin's Citadel stepped in.

Assets at Leopold Aschenbrenner's hedge fund Situational Awareness have slumped to about $10 billion after Ken Griffin's Citadel stepped in to buy the bulk of its public stock bets. Hema Parmar has more on "Bloomberg Open Interest."

On this episode of Stock Movers: - Universal Music Group (UMG NA) plummeted to their lowest level since listing, after the company reported disappointing subscription revenue growth. The world's largest record label's subscription revenues grew 16.6% in constant currency, including the impact of its purchase of Downtown Music Holdings, but analysts had expected a 19.2% increase. - Roblox (RBLX) shares are lower after the video-game company's second-quarter results disappointed on key metrics, including users and hours engaged. It also gave a forecast for both bookings and revenue that was weaker than expected. - Reddit (RDDT) shares are moving after it projected revenue in the current quarter revenue that beat Wall Street estimates, but shares fell after the social media company failed to announce any new data licensing agreements.

Bill Dudley, a Bloomberg Opinion columnist and former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, reacts to Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh's news conference following the central bank's decision to leave interest rates unchanged. Speaking on "Bloomberg Surveillance," Dudley says Warsh's silence was "quite deafening" and markets are showing there's a loss of credibility in the Fed.

Two Federal Reserve officials who dissented against this week's decision to hold interest rates steady warned that waiting too long to act against inflation could risk the need for even more aggressive policy later. Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack and Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari pointed to the various supply shocks helping drive up inflation right now. Bloomberg's Michael McKee breaks down the situation.

Ares Chief Executive Officer Michael Arougheti discusses the deployment of artificial intelligence and second-quarter results. "We want to be horizontally diversified across all the different private market asset classes," he tells Bloomberg Television. Arougheti also comments on the state of private equity. "The institutional demand for private credit is probably accelerating right now because they're seeing spreads widening and they're seeing capital leave the market and feel like there's an opportunity to come in and take share," he says.

Former England Women's National Football Team player and sports investor, Eni Aluko, says UEFA's plans to boycott FIFA tournaments if President Gianni Infantino proceeds with his plans to sell stakes in a new commercial entity to investors shows a "lack of consultation" by football's world governing body. FIFA's proposal plans to transfer major commercial and tournament operations into a new entity called FIFA Forward Enterprise. The vehicle would initially be valued at about $20 billion, with FIFA seeking to raise as much as $4.2 billion from outside investors while retaining sole control through majority representation on its board. Aluko discussed the fallout from the FIFA proposal with Francine Lacqua on "The Pulse".

Tech stocks rallied as a rebound in chipmakers carried into Friday, with an unprecedented 18% surge in South Korea's Kospi Index leading the charge. Bloomberg's Neil Campling reports.