# IMF Leaders Urge AI Standards in Bangkok

At the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark called for clear AI standards, while IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said countries producing AI should regulate the technology and address its economic risks. The discussion highlighted AI governance, independent model evaluation, productivity, labor-market effects, and financial stability, but announced no solicitation, award, funding, or procurement timeline.

- Government and industry teams developing or supplying AI systems may find it useful to document model evaluation and governance practices, given the discussion’s focus on clear standards and independent evaluation.
- For procurement professionals, this is a policy signal rather than an active buying opportunity: no new mandatory requirements or procurement actions were announced.
- Contractors serving public-sector or financial institutions should account for AI’s potential productivity, labor-market, and financial-stability impacts when explaining the risks and benefits of proposed systems.

**Jurisdictions:** international
**Industries:** Information Technology
**Topics:** Artificial Intelligence
**Published:** October 16, 2026

### Government Entities
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- World Bank

### Vendors
- Anthropic (AI model developer)

### Key Quotes
> The truth of the matter is there is not one single place where we can put the whole responsibility, but we are too slow to organize ourselves.
> — Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund

### Sources
- [Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark pushes for common sense AI rules at IMF meetings | LavX News](https://news.lavx.hu/article/anthropic-co-founder-jack-clark-pushes-for-common-sense-ai-rules-at-imf-meetings) - news.lavx.hu