Cost:

Members $15  |  Non-Members: $25

 

Registration closes at 11:59 pm EST on Apr 29, 2026.

 

Description: 

 

The rules of finance are being rewritten by machines. As AI evolves from a tool into an autonomous "agent," the financial sector faces a crisis of systemic integrity. Join Harvard Kennedy School security technologist Bruce Schneier for a strategic briefing on how AI is learning to "hack" the very rules of our financial world. Based on his research in A Hacker’s Mind, Schneier will reveal how AI agents find "legal but unintended" loopholes acrosso financial services at a speed and scale no human can match. 

 

Key Discussion Points:

• AI as a Systemic Hacker: How AI subverts financial logic without breaking technical rules.
• The Trust Paradox: Distinguishing between trusting a human and relying on an algorithm.
• The Fiduciary AI: Why the future of finance requires AI agents legally loyal to the user, not the provider. 

 

Don’t just use AI - understand how it is changing the rules of the game.

 

 

Bio:

 

Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist, called a “security guru” by The Economist. He is the author of over one dozen books—including his latest, Rewiring Democracy—as well as hundreds of articles, essays, and academic papers. His influential newsletter “Crypto-Gram” and his blog “Schneier on Security” are read by over 250,000 people. He has testified before Congress, is a frequent guest on television and radio, has served on several government committees, and is regularly quoted in the press. Schneier is a fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University; a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School; a board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and AccessNow; and an Advisory Board Member of the Electronic Privacy Information Center and VerifiedVoting.org. He is the Chief of Security Architecture at Inrupt, Inc.

 

 

 

This event is organized by the AI Committee of the FWA of New York, Inc.