Lloyds Banking Group plans to launch a consumer-facing AI agent in August, a fast turnaround from when AI was just a concept last year.
By moving to the cloud with Google, Lloyds enhanced its AI capabilities, focusing on AI agents for various use cases.
In a 12-week sprint, Lloyds collaborated with Google to develop an AI agent prototype offering financial advice to customers.
Lloyds is implementing a strategy to provide AI agent-building capabilities to all employees and upskilling them on AI.
Coinbase heavily invested in generative AI, utilizing it for customer support, employee assistants, and developing their AI platform Gemini.
Both Lloyds and Coinbase proceeded cautiously due to generative AI's hallucination problems but have gained confidence in their guardrails.
Lloyds and Coinbase focused on back-office efficiencies first and implemented controls to ensure accuracy before customer exposure to AI capabilities.
Coinbase phased its approach from internal-facing use cases to AI directly interacting with consumers to address concerns about hallucinations and privacy.
Confidence in AI capabilities has led to Lloyds and Coinbase considering broader applications across departments for operational efficiency.
AI is becoming more integral across industries, enabling automation and efficiency improvements in various business operations.