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Bill Gates Withdraws From India AI Summit Keynote to Focus on Event Priorities
Bill Gates withdrew from the India AI Impact Summit keynote to keep focus on summit priorities amid scrutiny over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, organizers said.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will open the India AI Impact Summit at Bharat Mandapam today, with the ceremony starting at 9:40 am and a Leaders' Plenary featuring global tech CEOs from around 12 pm.
- Bill Gates withdrew from his scheduled keynote after Department of Justice releases showed emails involving Jeffrey Epstein and Gates Foundation staff, and the Gates Foundation said he stepped back to preserve summit focus.
- Organisers extended the expo by one day to Saturday to ease crowding, with over 400 exhibitors on-site; the expo closes Thursday for the leaders' plenary and reopens Friday .
- The White House hosts the inaugural Board of Peace meeting today at the Donald J Trump Institute of Peace, fundraising for Gaza reconstruction and overseeing disarmament and security, with a $1 billion fee for permanent seats and several European governments declining invitations.
- The Seoul Central District Court will deliver a first-instance verdict for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday, with special prosecutors seeking the death penalty and verdicts for former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun.
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Bill Gates cancels AI summit keynote address amid scrutiny over Epstein links
Bill Gates has pulled out of delivering his keynote address at an AI summit in India Thursday, his foundation said, as the billionaire faces scrutiny over his ties to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Tech chiefs address India AI summit as Gates cancels
Indian leader Narendra Modi and tech chiefs including OpenAI's Sam Altman will speak Thursday on artificial intelligence's opportunities and threats at a summit in New Delhi, but Microsoft founder Bill Gates cancelled just hours before his speech.
The president of the offices in Africa and India of the Gates Foundation will speak in the place of its founder, who appears repeatedly in the Epstein dossier.
Bill Gates canceled his scheduled talk yesterday at a major global summit on artificial intelligence, said the Gates Foundation, after Microsoft Founder's name appeared in Epstein's file, AFP writes.
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