New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- Microsoft co-foun- der Bill Gates on Thursday skipped the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi amid public scrutiny over his ties with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Gates Foundation on Wednesday had said that he will deliver the keynote address as planned. However, in a statement issued a day later, it said: "After careful consideration, and to ensure the focus remains on the AI Summit's key priorities, Mr Gates will not be delivering his keynote address." An IT ministry official said Gates withdrew on his own, and there was no pressure from the Indian government. A second official said the government did not initiate the decision, but there was a view that the summit's message could not be put at risk by the possibility...