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Bill Gates cancels India AI summit keynote address amid fresh scrutiny over Epstein links
Bill Gates withdrew from the India AI Impact Summit keynote to maintain focus on AI issues amid scrutiny from newly released Epstein-related documents, the Gates Foundation said.
- On Thursday , Bill Gates pulled out hours before his scheduled keynote at the India AI Impact Summit, and the Gates Foundation said Ankur Vora would speak instead.
- After the United States Department of Justice released files in January naming Gates, including draft emails with unverified allegations linked to Jeffrey Epstein, scrutiny intensified.
- Gates has said his interactions with Epstein were confined to philanthropy and that meeting him was a mistake, while documents show all interactions occurred after Epstein's 2008 conviction.
- Gates's absence, plus Jensen Huang's cancellation, compounded a difficult summit opening with organisational lapses, VIP traffic snarls in the city of 20 million people, and opposition parties attacking the Indian government.
- High investment stakes — including over $100 billion pledged during the summit from companies like Microsoft and Reliance — keep focus as the summit reopens on Friday .
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