ITWeb TV: FNB to introduce GenAI agents for banking app | Ep #46
In this wide-ranging interview, Dr Christoph Nieuwoudt, FNB chief data and analytics officer, speaks to ITWeb news editor Admire Moyo about how the big-four bank is innovating with generative AI. As the bank increasingly leverages generative AI, Dr Nieuwoudt also discusses FNB’s plans to recruit more data analysts from the bank’s graduate programme in a move aimed at building solutions from the emerging technology. #itwebtv #fnb #genai
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