Summers Quits OpenAI Board and Pauses Teaching as Harvard Probes Epstein Ties

Overview

• Harvard confirmed a formal review of individuals connected to the university who appear in the Epstein documents, according to spokesperson Jonathan Swain.
• Larry Summers said he is stepping back from public commitments, resigning from the OpenAI board and halting his teaching while keeping his tenured status.
• Summers also relinquished his role leading Harvard’s Mossavar-Rahmani Center as colleagues finish out his courses this semester.
• The House Oversight Committee released thousands of records that include 2017–2018 emails between Summers and Jeffrey Epstein, such as a note about a Saudi PIF conference.
• Congress voted nearly unanimously to force the Justice Department files into the open after President Trump previously resisted and later allowed the measure to advance.