Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers is stepping down from a teaching post at Harvard University and as a director of one of its business and government schools, a spokesperson said on Wednesday, after Congress released documents showing Summers shared close ties with late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Earlier on Wednesday, Summers said he was resigning from the OpenAI board, and Harvard said it was conducting a review of people mentioned in files connected with Epstein. A spokesperson for Summers, Steven Goldberg, said Summers' co-teachers would complete the semester for three ongoing courses.

"Mr. Summers has decided it's in the best interest of the Center for him to go on leave from his role as Director as Harvard undertakes its review," he said. Summers, also a form

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