Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers said Wednesday he is resigning from the board of OpenAI after last week’s release of emails between him and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“In line with my announcement to step away from my public commitments, I have also decided to resign from the board of OpenAI,” Summers said in a statement.
“I am grateful for the opportunity to have served, excited about the potential of the company and look forward to following their progress,” he said.
Summers said earlier this week that he will be stepping back from “public commitments” after dozens of messages between Summers and Epstein were included in a trove of documents from Epstein’s estate that was released by the House Oversight Committee last week.
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