Bill Gates Abruptly Pulls Out Of AI Summit As Epstein Files Controversy SwirlsBill Gates withdrew from an “AI Impact Summit” in India Thursday, where he was scheduled to deliver the keynote address.“After careful consideration, and to ensure the focus remains on the AI Summit’s key priorities, Mr. Gates will not be delivering his keynote address,” the Gates Foundation said in a statement. No reason was given for Gates’ withdrawal.Just a day earlier, his foundation had reaffirmed he’d attend and deliver the address.The timing coincides with swirling controversies stemming from Gates’ presence in Justice Department files pertaining to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.In particular, Epstein appears to have drafted — but never sent — two emails to himself, alleging the Microsoft founder caught a sexually transmitted infection from “Russian girls,” and that Epstein provided antibiotics to “surreptitiously give to” his wife at the time.A spokesperson for Gates called the claims ”absolutely absurd and completely false,” adding that, “the only thing these documents demonstrate is Epstein’s frustration that he did not have an ongoing relationship with Gates and the lengths he would go to entrap and defame.”In 2023, the Wall Street Journal reported Epstein had indeed tried to blackmail Gates after discovering he'd had an affair with a Russian bridge player sometime around 2010. See All UpdatesClose