Bill Gates Withdraws From India AI Summit After Epstein Disclosures

Bill Gates withdrew from his keynote speech at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi after the DOJ released documents regarding his past association with Jeffrey Epstein.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the forum, which secured $200B in investment pledges for technological infrastructure.The event was marked by the absence of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and organizational issues including traffic chaos and the closure of several exhibition halls.Global technology leaders including Sundar Pichai and Sam Altman attended the summit to launch new voluntary principles for the responsible development of frontier AI models.