Stanford HAI Brief Argues AI Agents Should Act as Fiduciaries
StanfordHAI · x · 2026-08-26
Stanford HAI released a brief arguing that AI agents, which increasingly operate autonomously, risk prioritizing developers' interests over users'. It proposes classifying agents as fiduciaries to enforce a duty of loyalty, especially in high-stakes sectors like finance and healthcare, noting the current lack of conflict-of-interest disclosure standards.
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