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Ex-Treasury chief Lawrence Summers is exiting the governing body at the ChatGPT creator, just days after a batch of emails between him and deceased financier the disgraced billionaire became publicly available.

The economist remarked in a statement that he was "thankful for the chance to have served, enthusiastic about the promise of the company, and look forward observing their advancement".

The former Harvard president, who once presided over the Ivy League institution, announced on recently that he would be stepping back from public commitments due to his connections with Epstein.

Message Exchange

The recently released emails revealed that Summers communicated with Epstein until the 24 hours preceding Epstein's 2019 detention for suspected trafficking of underage individuals.

In another announcement, the artificial intelligence company said it respected his decision to depart.

"We value his numerous inputs and the insight he offered to the directors," the organization stated.

Congressional Action

This development arrives after the two houses of Congress voted on this week to approve a measure that would compel the US justice department to disclose its records on the case.

The legislation will then proceed to the administration of US President Donald Trump for signature. He has indicated he expects to endorse the bill, after modifying his position on the subject following pressure from his base.

Message Details

A batch of Epstein-related messages made public by the House Oversight Committee last week referenced several prominent individuals in the billionaire's previous network, without implying any criminal activity by those individuals.

The messages indicated that Summers and Jeffrey Epstein regularly had dinners together, with he often attempting to link the academic to influential world leaders.

Individual Statement

After the correspondence were made available with the public, the former official said he took "full responsibility for my ill-advised decision to continue communicating with Mr Epstein".

He continued that he wanted "to reestablish trust and mend relationships with the individuals most important to me".

Career Background

The economist served in high-level positions under Democratic administrations; functioning as treasury secretary under the former president, and as director of the National Economic Council under President Obama.

He presided over the university from five years and continues to be a professor there. When declaring his departure from public duties previously on Monday, he said he would maintain his educational duties.

Other Impacts

Following the economist's announcement on earlier this week, the policy organization, a left-leaning policy institute in DC where he was a senior fellow, announced that the economist was no longer connected with the organization.

The former official became part of the leadership of the technology firm, which makes ChatGPT, in the previous year - following a failed attempt to remove its CEO OpenAI's head.