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

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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.

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[rampartd]

1. i would have never considered any of these guys to feel shame

but good for summers for doing the right thing.

now get him in a committee under oath.

[marble falls]

2. Under oath and facing indictment. Might loosen his tongue.

[thesquanderer]

4. I doubt he genuinely feels shame. He's always been an ass.

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

[Farmer-Rick]

6. Yeah, I have no respect for him

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]

3. Larry Summers was a Fox News Darling

when he was shitting all over Biden for 3 years.

Fuck him.

[Prairie Gates]

5. Would that he would just go away

This fucking guy isn't rich enough to just go away?

[Bluetus]

7. They were happy to have this slimeball on their board until ...

Birds of a feather.

[jfz9580m]

8. Serves the old creep right

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]

9. Our worst Democrat

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]

10. I recall Larry Summers once stating that "men are smarter in mathematics than women"

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.

[Auggie]

11. "Resign?" He was told to leave.

[fujiyamasan]

12. Is he still associated with Harvard? They've been awfully quiet.

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

[Envirogal]

13. His run of "failing upwards" is over

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.

[yardwork]

14. I've always loathed Summers.

[Marie Marie]

15. Well, goody for him. If he was just a creep who found Epstein's company and dating advice enjoyable, OK, he owns that.

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.