Former Treasury Sec’y Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI board after release of Epstein emails

Larry Summers, former Treasury Secretary and ex-president of Harvard University, has stepped down from OpenAI’s board of directors – a move that follows mounting scrutiny over recently published email exchanges between him and Jeffrey Epstein. Summers, 70, joined OpenAI’s board in late 2023. His exit marks another high-profile repercussion stemming from renewed public attention on the years of correspondence with Epstein, who died by suicide in federal custody in August 2019. OpenAI confirmed the departure Wednesday, saying, “Larry has decided to resign from the OpenAI Board of Directors, and we respect his decision. We appreciate his many contributions and