Meta wins major antitrust case admin - Latest News - November 19, 2025 admin 19 views 4 secs 0 Comments Meta wins major antitrust case Source link PREVIOUS Russian drone strike kills dozens in Ukraine NEXT Nov. 19, 2025, 8:34 AM EST / Updated Nov. 19, 2025, 10:54 AM ESTBy Minyvonne Burke, Ben Goggin and Daniel ArkinLarry Summers, the former treasury secretary and ex-president of Harvard University, announced Wednesday he would resign from the board of directors at OpenAI amid scrutiny on his connection to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — ties that are now the subject of a new internal investigation at the Ivy League school.“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 Wednesday. “I am grateful for the opportunity to have served, excited about the potential of the company, and look forward to following their progress,” he added. Summers has been in the national spotlight following the House Oversight Committee’s publication of more than 20,000 documents from Epstein’s estate, including extensive email exchanges between Summers and Epstein.Summers, who was treasury secretary under President Bill Clinton and served as a top economic adviser to former President Barack Obama, joined the board of OpenAI in November 2023. OpenAI’s board of directors said it respected Summers’ decision to resign. “We appreciate his many contributions and the perspective he brought to the Board,” the AI giant said in a statement.Summers announced Monday he would step back from public commitments. He said he would continue teaching at Harvard University, where he was president from 2001 to 2006.“I am deeply ashamed of my actions and recognize the pain they have caused. I take full responsibility for my misguided decision to continue communicating with Mr. Epstein,” Summers said in a statement.Harvard, for its part, plans to open an investigation into Summers’ ties to Epstein, a spokesman for the school confirmed to the campus newspaper.In a statement to The Crimson, the student newspaper, university spokesman Jonathan L. Swain said Harvard is “conducting a review of information concerning individuals at Harvard included in the newly released Jeffrey Epstein documents to evaluate what actions may be warranted.”Swain did not immediately respond to NBC News’ request for comment Wednesday.The emails show Summers and Epstein communicated as recently as 2019, more than a decade after the financier pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor. They continued to correspond until July 5, 2019, a day before Epstein was charged with sex trafficking of minors.In one batch of emails, Summers sought Epstein’s advice on his relationship with an unnamed woman. Epstein described himself as a “pretty good wing man.” In another exchange, Summers lamented that men who “hit on” women in the workplace may suffer career repercussions.Summers has not been accused of participating in any of Epstein’s alleged criminal behavior.In the wake of the document release, Summers was named as a target for investigation by President Donald Trump, who was repeatedly named in the trove of communications. Trump has denied any wrongdoing and said he ended his friendship with Epstein sometime in the 2000s.In a Truth Social post Friday, Trump wrote that he would ask U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate Epstein’s involvement with prominent Democrats, including Summers and Bill Clinton. Bondi responded to the post on X, writing that she was assigning Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, to the matter.Minyvonne BurkeMinyvonne Burke is a senior breaking news reporter for NBC News.Ben GogginBen Goggin is the deputy tech editor for NBC News.Daniel ArkinDaniel Arkin is a senior reporter at NBC News.Jared Perlo contributed.
