Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers said Wednesday that he will resign from the board at OpenAI after the release of emails between him and the notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein .

Summers had announced Monday that he would be stepping back from all public commitments, but it was not immediately clear whether that included his position at the artificial intelligence startup.

"I am grateful for the opportunity to have served, excited about the potential of the company, and look forward to following their progress," Summers said in a statement to CNBC.

OpenAI's board told CNBC it respects Summers' decision to resign.

"We appreciate his many contributions and the perspective he brought to the Board," the OpenAI Board of Directors said in a statement.

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