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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

Lloyds Banking Group to hire 300 tech experts to work on AI

A hand holds a smartphone displaying the Lloyds Bank logo on a green screen
News of Lloyds’s AI recruitment drive comes as the group’s chief executive prepares to announce a strategic plan. Photograph: Ink Drop/Alamy

Lloyds Banking Group has launched an AI recruitment drive for 300 tech experts, weeks before its chief executive, Charlie Nunn, announces a strategic plan for the 261-year-old lender.

The bank said it intended the recruits to work on its use and development of agentic AI by September, referring to autonomous AI models that can plan and execute tasks with minimal human oversight.

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