# Jack Clark

Co-founders · Head of Public Benefit at Anthropic · joined 2021

A tech journalist at Bloomberg and The Register before OpenAI. He still writes the Import AI newsletter he started in 2016.

Full profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/anthropic/people/jack-clark

**At Anthropic:**
- Current: Co-founder and Head of Public Benefit
- Jan 2021: Co-founder and Head of Policy
Sources: [1](https://www.anthropic.com/company/leadership) [2](https://jack-clark.net/about/)

**Career before Anthropic:**
- Oct 2018 – Dec 2020: OpenAI, Policy Director
- Oct 2016 – Oct 2018: OpenAI, Strategy & Communications
- Oct 2015 – Aug 2016: Bloomberg LP, Google/AI/AWS Reporter
- Aug 2014 – Oct 2015: Bloomberg LP, Enterprise Tech Reporter
- Feb 2013 – Jul 2014: The Register, Reporter
- Jul 2010 – Jan 2013: CBS Interactive (UK), Reporter, ZDNet UK
- Aug 2009 – Jun 2010: Adfero, Researcher and Reporter
Sources: [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-clark-5a320317)

**Education:**
- BA, English Literature with Creative Writing, University of East Anglia, 2006-2009
Sources: [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-clark-5a320317)

**Lesser-known facts:**
- Studied English literature with creative writing at the University of East Anglia. [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-clark-5a320317)
- Reported on enterprise tech and AI for ZDNet UK, The Register and Bloomberg. [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-clark-5a320317)
- Writes short science fiction stories inside Import AI. [1](https://jack-clark.net/about/)
- Founding member of Stanford's AI Index and an inaugural member of the U.S. National AI Advisory Committee. [1](https://jack-clark.net/about/)
- Briefed the UN Security Council on AI threats to global peace in 2023. [1](https://www.longtermwiki.com/wiki/E1248)
- Told a House committee in June 2025 that powerful AI could be buildable by late 2026 or early 2027. [1](https://docs.house.gov/meetings/ZS/ZS00/20250625/118428/HHRG-119-ZS00-Wstate-ClarkJ-20250625.pdf)
- Became a U.S. citizen, saying he believes in America's founding values of democracy and free expression. [1](https://docs.house.gov/meetings/ZS/ZS00/20250625/118428/HHRG-119-ZS00-Wstate-ClarkJ-20250625.pdf)
- Calls himself a "technological pessimist who became an optimist through repeated beatings over the head of scale." [1](https://www.longtermwiki.com/wiki/E1248)
- Wrote in Import AI 476 that full recursive self-improvement now looks more likely in 2027 than in 2028. [1](https://jack-clark.net/)
- Told NPR in 2026: "We've seen warning shots, and that gives us a window in which we can act." [1](https://www.npr.org/2026/09/15/nx-s1-5968852/anthropic-jack-clark-ai-risks-safety)

**Research papers before Anthropic:**
- Language Models are Few-Shot Learners (2020), author 26 of 31: https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.14165

**Interviews and talks:**
- [NPR Morning Edition interview on AI risks and potential solutions (2026)](https://www.npr.org/2026/09/15/nx-s1-5968852/anthropic-jack-clark-ai-risks-safety)

**Known for:**
- Import AI (newsletter, started Aug 2016)
Sources: [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-clark-5a320317)

**Forbes estimate:** $15.5B as of 2026-10-18 (an estimate, not a disclosed holding). [1](https://www.forbes.com/profile/jack-clark/)

Researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-10-18. Everyone at Anthropic: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/anthropic/people