Harvard University has reopened an investigation into connections between former President Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein, a university spokesperson said Wednesday, and Summers’ office said he would resign from the board of OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT.

Regarded as a leading voice on the U.S. economy, the former treasury secretary was also affiliated with multiple think tanks, research centers and media organizations. Several of them confirmed that those affiliations have ended.

Harvard did not mention Summers by name, but the decision to restart the probe follows the release of emails showing that he maintained a friendly relationship with Epstein long after the financier pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from an underage girl in 2008.

“The University is conducting a review

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