Overview
- OpenAI said it respects Summers’s decision to leave the board and thanked him for his contributions after his announcement on Wednesday.
- Summers said he is deeply ashamed of his communications with Jeffrey Epstein and is stepping back from public commitments while continuing to teach at Harvard.
- Emails released by the House Oversight Committee show Summers sought romantic advice from Epstein in 2018–2019, with Epstein referring to himself as Summers’s “wing man.”
- Harvard confirmed a new review of individuals named in the released documents, a move that follows a prior 2020 examination of the university’s ties to Epstein.
- Several affiliations have been paused or ended, including roles reported at the Center for American Progress, Yale’s Budget Lab and media outlets, and there are no public allegations linking Summers to Epstein’s crimes.