"The most powerful part of the AI story thus far is the chief technology officer, chief information officer," Griffin said at the Milken Global Institute. At the most profitable hedge fund of all time, that person is Umesh Subramanian, Citadel's chief technology officer. But in the age of generative AI, the role of the CTO has evolved into something that reaches far beyond the back office. Nearly two years after OpenAI introduced ChatGPT, finance firms are still trying to figure out the best ways to leverage generative AI for their own businesses and workers. Related stories"The level of investment right now in AI, trickling down the whole value chain, is no longer only a technology investment," Argenti said.

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