Jeffrey Epstein's Financial Ties to AI Pioneer Ben Goertzel Revealed

Reports indicate that Jeffrey Epstein provided significant funding to AI pioneer Ben Goertzel and assisted him in securing substantial government grants in Hong Kong, highlighting Epstein's connections within the scientific community.

16 Feb, 00:30 — 16 Feb, 00:30

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Epstein funded AI pioneer, helped him get HK$8.9 million in Hong Kong government grants

Jeffrey Epstein committed at least US$113,000 to American scholar Ben Goertzel – known for popularising the term “artificial general intelligence” – to help him secure at least HK$8.9 million in Hong Kong government grants at a top city university, a South China Morning Post investigation has found. The almost two-decade relationship between Epstein and computer scientist Goertzel, who previously built artificial intelligence (AI) architecture at Polytechnic University (PolyU), was disclosed in...

By Connor Mycroft

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