IMF Invites Anthropic Co-Founder Jack Clark to Per Jacobsson Foundation Lecture at 2026 Bangkok Meetings

Key summary

At the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings 2026 in Bangkok, Nigel Clarke, Deputy Managing Director of the IMF and Chair of the Per Jacobsson Foundation, introduced Jack Clark, co-founder of Anthropic, as the inaugural speaker under age five for the 62-year-old lecture series. Clark discussed 'Inside the Event Horizon,' arguing that AI progress has entered a singularity phase where models like Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra are accelerating scientific discovery and software development at unprecedented rates, with code output per researcher increasing nearly 10-fold in Q2 2026 compared to pre-2025 averages.