Bill Gates drops out of India's AI summit amid Epstein controversy

Bill Gates pulled out of the India AI Impact Summit on Thursday, just hours before he was due to give a keynote speech. The Gates Foundation said the decision was made to "ensure the focus" remained on the summit's priorities. Ankur Vora, the foundation's chief strategy officer and president of its Africa and India offices, spoke instead.

The Microsoft cofounder's decision to cancel his appearance followed mounting scrutiny over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein after the Justice Department released 3 million emails related to the late sex offender. One of the emails, with the subject line "bill," suggested that Gates requested medication for a sexually transmitted disease to give to his now ex-wife, Melinda French Gates.

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