"Jeffrey Epstein's network of money and influence often intersected with scientific and academic communities. The disgraced financier spent years cultivating relationships with researchers at elite universities, frequently dangling the promise of funding. Some of the work he supported has had, and may still have, direct and indirect impacts on Silicon Valley's most powerful technologies."
"Epstein was first convicted in 2008 on charges of soliciting a minor for prostitution, yet he continued to maintain a web of relationships across the worlds of technology and academia until he was indicted on federal sex-trafficking charges in 2019. The Department of Justice's latest release of the "Epstein files" includes emails that reveal new names and details about those connections that had not previously been made public."
"One striking example is Epstein's patronage of German AI scientist and executive Joscha Bach. Known in academic and AI circles for his work on cognitive architectures, computational models that aim to replicate aspects of human cognition, Bach received extensive financial support from Epstein while completing postdoctoral work at MIT. According to emails reviewed by SFGate, Epstein covered Bach's rent, flights, medical bills, and even private school tuition for his children in Menlo Park between 2013 and 2019."
Jeffrey Epstein cultivated financial relationships with researchers at elite universities, offering funding that reached into AI and academic institutions. He remained connected to technology and academia after a 2008 conviction until a 2019 federal indictment. Department of Justice emails reveal additional names and details about those ties. Epstein provided substantial support to German AI scientist Joscha Bach, covering rent, flights, medical bills, and private school tuition in Menlo Park between 2013 and 2019 while Bach completed postdoctoral work at MIT. Bach now leads the California Institute for Machine Consciousness. The files show no indication of sexual impropriety by Bach.
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