"I think we'll be hiring more AI people and quite less bankers in certain categories, and they'll make them more product…

Rohan Paul Twitter · Rohan Paul (@rohanpaul_ai) · 2026-05-21

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon states the bank will hire more AI professionals and fewer bankers in certain roles, framing AI as a productivity amplifier and building internal tools to surface executive knowledge.

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Major Banks Formally Declare AI-Driven Workforce Reduction Strategies

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Topics: ai-in-financebanking-aiai-labor-economics

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JPMorgan plans to increase AI hiring while reducing banker headcount in specific categories.
Dimon frames the workforce shift as making remaining employees more productive rather than pure headcount reduction.
JPMorgan is developing internal AI tools capable of surfacing what Dimon has said across multiple prior contexts to assist employees.

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I think we'll be hiring more AI people and quite less bankers in certain categories, and they'll make them more productive.

So when you get up in the morning and you want to interview someone, it'll lay out what I've said in 14 different places...