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BumRushDaShow

(163,521 posts)
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 07:13 AM 23 hrs ago

Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI board after release of emails with Epstein

Source: CNBC

Published Wed, Nov 19 2025 7:10 AM EST Updated 4 Min Ago


Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers said Wednesday that he will resign from the board at OpenAI after the release of emails between him and the notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Summers had announced Monday that he would be stepping back from all public commitments, but it was not immediately clear whether that included his position at the artificial intelligence startup.

“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 in a statement to CNBC.

OpenAI’s board told CNBC it respects Summers’ decision to resign. “We appreciate his many contributions and the perspective he brought to the Board,” the OpenAI Board of Directors said in a statement.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/19/larry-summers-epstein-openai.html



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Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers said Wednesday that he will resign from the board at OpenAI after the release of emails between him and the notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.


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Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI board after release of emails with Epstein (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 23 hrs ago OP
i would have never considered any of these guys to feel shame rampartd 23 hrs ago #1
Under oath and facing indictment. Might loosen his tongue. marble falls 23 hrs ago #2
I doubt he genuinely feels shame. He's always been an ass. thesquanderer 21 hrs ago #4
Yeah, I have no respect for him Farmer-Rick 21 hrs ago #6
Larry Summers was a Fox News Darling Pototan 22 hrs ago #3
Would that he would just go away Prairie Gates 21 hrs ago #5
They were happy to have this slimeball on their board until ... Bluetus 19 hrs ago #7
Serves the old creep right jfz9580m 18 hrs ago #8
Our worst Democrat IronLionZion 18 hrs ago #9
I recall Larry Summers once stating that "men are smarter in mathematics than women" dedl67 17 hrs ago #10
"Resign?" He was told to leave. Auggie 17 hrs ago #11
Is he still associated with Harvard? They've been awfully quiet. fujiyamasan 16 hrs ago #12
His run of "failing upwards" is over Envirogal 16 hrs ago #13
I've always loathed Summers. yardwork 16 hrs ago #14
Well, goody for him. If he was just a creep who found Epstein's company and dating advice enjoyable, OK, he owns that. Marie Marie 10 hrs ago #15

rampartd

(3,105 posts)
1. i would have never considered any of these guys to feel shame
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 07:17 AM
23 hrs ago

but good for summers for doing the right thing.

now get him in a committee under oath.

thesquanderer

(12,851 posts)
4. I doubt he genuinely feels shame. He's always been an ass.
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 09:38 AM
21 hrs ago

I remember when some here were up in arms about his being part of the Obama administration.

Farmer-Rick

(12,308 posts)
6. Yeah, I have no respect for him
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 10:00 AM
21 hrs ago

He's a "free" trader. He made the gathering of wealth by the elite, already filthy-rich, much easier for them and much, much more difficult for the rest of us. Obama was wrong to have appointed him.

Pototan

(2,925 posts)
3. Larry Summers was a Fox News Darling
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 08:54 AM
22 hrs ago

when he was shitting all over Biden for 3 years.

Fuck him.

jfz9580m

(16,158 posts)
8. Serves the old creep right
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 12:45 PM
18 hrs ago

Nothing like a clean conscience Larry..you should try it .
I hope he is miserable. He was always an asshole.
I try to remind myself when dealing with the various vicissitudes of life that a clean conscience is one thing most of us rabble have going for us. Even adjacency to our elites seems mildly corrupting.

IronLionZion

(50,390 posts)
9. Our worst Democrat
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 12:58 PM
18 hrs ago

if any dude was clearly a member of the wrong political party, it's Larry Summers. I've been saying this for years. There are many reasons he was denied a role in the Biden administration.

dedl67

(124 posts)
10. I recall Larry Summers once stating that "men are smarter in mathematics than women"
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 01:23 PM
17 hrs ago

That's a dumb statement for anyone to make, let alone a president of a university. I think that was one reason that Harvard booted him.

fujiyamasan

(1,001 posts)
12. Is he still associated with Harvard? They've been awfully quiet.
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 02:20 PM
16 hrs ago

I want to see Epstein destroying these elite fuckers. He was close to several Ivy League professors.

Envirogal

(260 posts)
13. His run of "failing upwards" is over
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 02:35 PM
16 hrs ago

Summers is a key architect of the banking deregulation in the late 90’s. He is a women-hating misogynist and an economic policy fool. I was so pissed when Obama appointed him Treasury Sec. and was a key advisor during his campaign. Fool us once, shame on us.

When the Winklevoss Brothers issued a complaint at Harvard that Zuckerberg stole their idea, it was Summers that shut it down. (Rewatch The Social Network movie for the scene.)

Jon Stewart put that idiot creep in his place during his Apple TV show and Summers couldn’t argue his way out of a paper bag to defend his policy advocacy. Seeing the poorly written communications only confirm what the man lacks in intelligence is made up in arrogance.

It’s time we quit insulating old man incompetence just because they are in “the club”. Now that we also know what the extracurricular activities of certain club members entailed.

Marie Marie

(10,745 posts)
15. Well, goody for him. If he was just a creep who found Epstein's company and dating advice enjoyable, OK, he owns that.
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 08:27 PM
10 hrs ago

But, IF he was involved in anything nefarious with these young victims, then he should be prosecuted. You don't get to just "lay low" till this blows over.

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