Jack Clark
Co-founder and Head of Public Benefit, Anthropic
A former Bloomberg and Register tech reporter who co-founded Anthropic and still writes Import AI, a weekly AI newsletter.
- Born
- Brighton, England
- Now
- Co-founder and Head of Public Benefit, Anthropic
- Studied
- University of East Anglia
More on Jack in Inside Anthropic, including the research papers written before Anthropic.
Interesting facts
- Before AI
Studied English literature and creative writing, then spent years as a tech reporter, calling himself the world's only neural network reporter.
importai.substack.com - Side project
Has written the weekly Import AI newsletter since 2016; it reaches about 70,000 readers and includes short science fiction.
importai.substack.com - Connection
Founding member of the Stanford AI Index and an inaugural member of the US National AI Advisory Committee.
importai.substack.com - Numbers
Told Axios there is a 60%+ chance an AI model fully trains its own successor by the end of 2028.
axios.com - In their words
Told Congress he is an immigrant who co-founded Anthropic and became a U.S. citizen a few years earlier.
docs.house.gov - Turning point
In March 2026 he handed off Anthropic's policy work to lead The Anthropic Institute, which studies frontier AI's effects on society.
anthropic.com
Career
- AnthropicCo-founder and Head of Public Benefit2021 to now
- OpenAIPolicy Director2016–2020
- BloombergReporter2014–2016
- The RegisterReporter2013–2014
- ZDNet UKReporter2010–2013
- AdferoResearcher and Reporter2009–2010
Education
- BA, English literature with creative writing, University of East Anglia, 2009
