JPMorgan deploys AI globally

JPMorgan said on May 22 that it is rolling out AI tools across its investment banking business globally, according to comments from Paul Uren, the bank’s Asia Pacific head of investment banking, reported by Reuters. Uren said the bank is in the “early phase” of adopting the tools across the franchise and that the systems are being used to improve information access, content preparation and client engagement. The move adds a fresh public marker to a broader AI buildout at JPMorgan, which has spent the past year pushing generative AI tools deeper into day-to-day workflows. Business Insider reported this week from JPMorgan’s technology conference that conversations centered heavily on the infrastructure behind the AI boom, including data-center capacity, even as Wall Street tracked a separate slate of potential IPOs. (enterpriseai.economictimes.indiatimes.com) ### What exactly did JPMorgan say it is deploying? Paul Uren told Reuters on Thursday that JPMorgan is implementing AI tools across its investment banking business globally. Uren did not identify the specific tools bankers are using, but he said the systems help staff access more information, synthesize it with internal systems, prepare content and materials, and engage with more clients more efficiently. (businessinsider.com) Reuters said the comments position JPMorgan among the earlier large banks to describe wide deployment of AI tools inside investment banking rather than limited pilots. The report also said global banks are increasing investment in AI as the technology starts to reshape work and job roles. (enterpriseai.economictimes.indiatimes.com) ### How does this fit with JPMorgan’s broader AI push? JPMorgan has already been expanding internal AI usage beyond a single business line. Business Insider reported in 2025 that the bank had rolled out its in-house generative AI platform to more than 200,000 employees and had about 100 generative AI tools in the pipeline, citing remarks from Chief Financial Officer Jeremy Barnum at investor day. Barnum said some users were saving several hours a week and described the bank as an early mover, while also saying it was still in the early stages. (enterpriseai.economictimes.indiatimes.com) That earlier reporting showed how JPMorgan framed AI internally: as a productivity tool embedded in workflows across client onboarding, call centers, portfolio work and advice functions. The latest comments from Uren extend that public narrative into investment banking specifically. ### Why are people focusing on infrastructure as much as the tools? (africa.businessinsider.com) Business Insider reported on May 23 that the “plumbing” behind the AI boom dominated discussion at one of Wall Street’s biggest tech conferences hosted by JPMorgan. The report said investor and executive attention was drawn to the infrastructure required to support AI demand, rather than only to software applications sitting on top of it. (africa.businessinsider.com) JPMorgan’s own research arm has also been publishing on AI infrastructure demand. A recent JPMorgan report said innovation in power generation, data-center design, silicon architectures and related technologies is being driven by rising inference demand. ### Does this mean banks are rebuilding their trading cores around AI? (businessinsider.com) Reuters’ May 22 report was about investment-banking workflows, not trading-system architecture. Uren’s examples centered on information access, preparing materials and client coverage, and neither Reuters nor Business Insider described JPMorgan as moving low-latency execution systems onto AI platforms. (jpmorganchase.com) Business Insider’s conference report instead pointed to infrastructure buildout and capacity discussions around AI. Based on those public descriptions, JPMorgan’s current messaging is about wider deployment in workflow and enterprise tooling, with no public indication in these reports of a replatforming of deterministic execution cores. That is an inference from the scope of the cited reports, not a statement by the bank. (enterpriseai.economictimes.indiatimes.com) ### What else did JPMorgan say this week about AI hiring and risk? Jamie Dimon told Bloomberg News on May 22 that JPMorgan would hire more AI specialists and fewer traditional bankers, according to the Reuters account of Uren’s remarks. Reuters also said JPMorgan is among organizations allowed by Anthropic to use its Mythos cybersecurity model under Project Glasswing, a controlled initiative that has drawn concern from some cybersecurity experts because of the model’s vulnerability-finding capability. (businessinsider.com) JPMorgan’s next public signals on the rollout are likely to come through executive appearances, conference remarks and company research updates, including its published AI and infrastructure materials. Reuters reported Uren’s comments on May 22, and Business Insider’s conference report was published on May 23. (enterpriseai.economictimes.indiatimes.com)