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- The Giving Pledge faces significant backlash, with Peter Thiel calling it an "Epstein-adjacent, fake Boomer club" and urging withdrawals.
- Thiel says momentum has slowed, with signers declining in recent years.
- Some original signatories, like Larry Ellison, are amending pledges to focus on for-profit ventures.
- Taryn Jensen, interim head of the Giving Pledge, defends the initiative.
- Melinda French Gates acknowledges uneven results and concerns about progress.
