BREAKING: Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI board after emails with Epstein released

Lawrence Summers has announced that he is resigning from OpenAI’s board of directors. This comes after Congress released emails showing that the former Treasury secretary had regularly communicated with Jeffrey Epstein in the late 2010s. 

"In line with my announcement to step away from my public commitments, I have also decided to resign from the board of OpenAI. 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. 

OpenAI’s board of directors confirmed Summers’ resignation, adding, "We appreciate his many contributions and the perspective he brought to the board," per the New York Times. Summers joined OpenAI’s board in 2023 in the wake of its directors ousting co-founder Sam Altman, who was later reinstated.

The correspondence with Epstein took place between 2017 and 2019, with many conversations surrounding Summers talking to Epstein about a woman in London. In one series of emails between Summers and Epstein on March 16, 2019, Summers wrote, "We talked on phone. Then 'I can’t talk later’. Dint (sic) think I can talk tomorrow'. I said what are you up to. She said 'I’m busy.' I said awfully coy u are. And then I said. Did u really rearrange the weekend we were going to be together because guy number 3 was coming.'

"She said no his schedule changed after we changed our plans. I said ok I got to go call me when u feel like it. Tone was not of good feeling. I dint (sic) want to be in a gift giving competition while being the friend without benefits," Summers wrote.

Epstein replied, "shes smart, making you pay for past errors. ignore the daddy im going to go out with the motorcycle guy, you reacted well.. annoying shows caring., no whining showed strentgh (sic)."