Fiduciary AI: Why AI Agents Need a Purpose Gate
AI agents are managing billions in assets. But none of them have fiduciary duties to their users. This article explores how legal concepts of fiduciary responsibility can improve AI agent safety.
Teleological Alignment: Why AI Safety Needs a Purpose Gate
Current AI safety approaches ask: "Could this cause harm?" We argue this framing is incomplete. A better question: "Does this serve genuine benefit?" Through evaluation across 4 benchmarks and 6 models, we show that adding a Purpose gate improves safety by up to +25%.