{
  "id": 3481979,
  "title": "Bill Gates says his Jeffrey Epstein association was a \"huge mistake\" driven by a desire to raise funds, and hopes the ties will not undermine his AI arguments (Ina Fried/Axios)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/bill-gates-says-his-jeffrey-epstein-association-was-a-huge-mistake",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-26T09:50:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.axios.com/2026/08/26/gates-confronts-the-epstein-questions-hanging-over-his-ai-push"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Bill Gates tells Axios his association with Jeffrey Epstein was a “huge mistake” but hopes it won't prevent …",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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