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Fiduciary Overlays for AI - with an RFP opportunity

L3 · BuilderOpinion & AnalysisLessWrong AI· 9/2/2026

For builders interested in trust frameworks and ethical AI architectures, with a concrete funding/implementation opportunity.

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The author proposes fiduciary AI concepts with duty-of-loyalty obligations to users, and announces an RFP opportunity for implementing these frameworks.

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I've long been interested in the idea of of fiduciary AI: AI that holds the duties of care and (especially) loyalty to its user. As argued in this paper, this sort of fiduciary loyalty is a core element of trust, a precedent in key relationships like those with doctors, lawyers, financial advisors, therapists, etc., and an antidote to the sort of conflict of interest between AI provider and user that almost inevitable results from having AI systems developed by companies with their own interests

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