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Itaú AI Strategy Proves Compliance Beats Actual Intelligence Every Time

The claim: Itaú is deploying generative AI across its entire customer base and workforce through a conversational interface called ia.i and a proprietary governance platform named IARA.

The reality: It is a heavily guarded wrapper over OpenAI technology handling basic FAQ triage, costing millions in licensing while avoiding any real autonomous financial advice for actual retail depositors.

Why should I care? You shouldn't
Another corporate press release dressed up as banking innovation when it is just a basic OpenAI wrapper.

Read the original: How Itaú is building generative AI for its entire customer base

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