Fiduciary Investors Series

Artificial intelligence is entering a new era, moving beyond systems that simply answer questions to agents capable of carrying out complex tasks and taking actions over extended periods.

Jack Clark, co-founder and head of public benefit at Anthropic, said the shift from chat to agents brings enormous opportunities, from greater economic efficiency to accelerating scientific discovery, but also creates a new generation of safety and governance challenges.
Clark said AI could dramatically multiply the effectiveness of scientists, describing its potential to accelerate scientific progress as “maybe the biggest deal of the century”.

In this live recording from the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Stanford University in September 2026, Clark explores the rapid evolution of AI, agentic systems, safety and alignment, and what could come next as the technology becomes increasingly capable.

What is Fiduciary Investors Series?

The COVID-19 global health and economic crisis has highlighted the need for leadership and capital to be urgently targeted towards the vulnerabilities in the global economy.
Through conversations with academics and asset owners, the Fiduciary Investors Podcast Series is a forward looking examination of the changing dynamics in the global economy, what a sustainable recovery looks like and how investors are positioning their portfolios.
The much-loved events, the Fiduciary Investors Symposiums, act as an advocate for fiduciary capitalism and the power of asset owners to change the nature of the investment industry, including addressing principal/agent and fee problems, stabilising financial markets, and directing capital for the betterment of society and the environment. Like the event series, the podcast series, tackles the challenges long-term investors face in an environment of disruption, and challenges investors to look differently at how they make decisions and allocate capital.