Larry Summers, president emeritus and professor at Harvard University, at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025.
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FormerTreasurySecretaryLarry Summerssaid Wednesday that he will resign from the board at OpenAIafter the release ofemailsbetween him and the notorious sex offenderJeffrey Epstein.
Summers had announced Monday that he would be stepping back from all public commitments, but it was not immediately clear whether that included his position at the artificial intelligence startup.
“I am grateful for the opportunity to have served, excited about the potential of the company, and look forward to following their progress,” Summers said in a statement to CNBC.
OpenAI’s board told CNBC it respects Summers’ decision to resign.
“We appreciate his many contributions and the perspective he brought to the Board,” the OpenAI Board of Directors said in a statement.
Details of Summers’ correspondence with Epstein were made public after theHouse Oversight and Government Reform Committee released more than 20,000 documents it obtained pursuant to a subpoena from Epstein’s estate.
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