Bill Gates "took responsibility for his actions" in a meeting with employees of the Gates Foundation, which had held fundraising discussions with Epstein.

Kathryn Ruemmler said last month she would leave Goldman Sachs at the end of June after fallout over her emails with Jeffrey Epstein.

Bill Gates has become a point of controversy at a major Indian AI festival this week, amid the fallout of the latest Epstein file release.

The new Epstein files released by the DOJ show that the deceased financier was able to build relationships across Silicon Valley, from Bill Gates to Peter Thiel.

Bill Gates told employees at a Gates Foundation town hall that meeting Jeffrey Epstein was a huge mistake, apologised for involving staff, and said the encounters were limited to philanthropy talks.

Bill Gates will not deliver the keynote at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi; Ankur Vora will represent the Gates Foundation instead.