San Francisco AI exec had kids' Menlo Park tuition paid for by Jeffrey Epstein

"Jeffrey Epstein funded the household costs of a now-prominent San Francisco artificial intelligence researcher, according to a newly released tranche of the disgraced financier's files. The scientist, Joscha Bach, took tens of thousands of dollars from Epstein, going beyond research funding to accept money for flights, rent and his children's tuition at a private school in Menlo Park."

"Bach is a German academic who has long specialized in artificial intelligence and cognitive science. He currently runs the California Institute for Machine Consciousness as its executive director, and his recent podcast appearances have racked up millions of listens. Epstein met Bach through other AI and psychology researchers and decided to finance his research beginning in 2013, supporting Bach's work at the MIT Media Lab and the Harvard Program for Evolutionary Dynamics."

"Bach - for whom there are no allegations of sexual impropriety - told SFGATE on Tuesday that MIT had approved Epstein's funding and that many renowned scientists maintained relationships with him. He added: "The prevailing view was that Epstein, having served his sentence, was complying with the law." Bach did not receive support from Epstein after his July 2019 arrest, he wrote. He emphasized that he hadn't known about any allegations of sex trafficking by the financier during their span of correspondence: "To be clear: I have never been aware of any crimes of Epstein after his [2008] conviction, or observed him to engage in any illicit behavior, and the accusations after his second arrest came as a shock.""

Joscha Bach, a German artificial intelligence and cognitive science researcher, received tens of thousands of dollars from Jeffrey Epstein for both research and household costs, including flights, rent and his children's tuition. Epstein began financing Bach's work in 2013 and supported projects at the MIT Media Lab and the Harvard Program for Evolutionary Dynamics. Bach runs the California Institute for Machine Consciousness and has attracted millions of podcast listeners. Bach stated that MIT approved Epstein's funding, that many scientists maintained relationships with Epstein, and that he did not receive further support after Epstein's July 2019 arrest.

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