The cost of using AI will rise in less predictable ways as companies deploy the technology for complex tasks, the head of Australia's biggest bank said on Tuesday, calling the expense a key emerging management challenge. Commonwealth Bank of Australia CEO Matt Comyn said businesses globally are likely to tighten scrutiny of artificial intelligence-related spending through 2026 as adoption accelerates and pressure mounts to demonstrate returns on investment. His remarks highlight a growing constraint on AI rollouts in corporate Australia, alongside managing workforce disruption and the heavy energy and water demands of the data centres powering the surge in computing.
Earlier this month, Commonwealth Bank of Australia appointed Professor Mary-Anne Williams as its first Chief AI Scientist and completed a HK$615 million fixed-rate Euro MTN bond issue maturing in May 2026. The creation of a Chief AI Scientist role, alongside large-scale AI deployment and investment, signals a deepening commitment to technology-led transformation across the bank. We’ll now examine how appointing a Chief AI Scientist and accelerating AI deployment could influence Commonwealth...
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on Tuesday the rapid development and adoption of AI would not lead to a global "jobs apocalypse" and the technology had not claimed as many white-collar jobs as he had feared. Speaking virtually at a Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) conference in Sydney, Altman said he was initially concerned about the impact AI would have on global employment levels. He said he and his executives had been "roughly right" on the technological predictions made by OpenAI when it launched ChatGPT in 2022.
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Commonwealth Bank of Australia on Monday appointed Mary-Anne Williams as its chief AI scientist in what the bank said would be the first such role at an Australian lender. Williams would join from the University of New South Wales, where she serves as the deputy director of the varsity's AI Institute, among other roles. CBA did not say when Williams would join.
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Commonwealth Bank of Australia recently cut 119 jobs across the country, including 43 roles at Bankwest and several mobile lending positions linked to automation and role redesign. This shift highlights the bank’s push to reshape its workforce and skill mix toward more technology-enabled operations and customer service models. We’ll now look at how these job cuts and automation efforts may influence Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s broader investment narrative. AI is about to change...
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX:CBA) is cutting 119 jobs across Australia, including roles in its Bankwest division. The reductions affect mobile lending managers and other positions linked to increased automation. The move reflects changes in how the bank delivers services and uses technology across its operations. For a bank of ASX:CBA's size, decisions about headcount can provide insight into how management is thinking about branch networks, digital channels and cost discipline. The...
The union said 43 of the affected jobs are at Bankwest, which was acquired by CBA in 2008.