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Finance juniors can’t forget the basics in rush to AI

Experts warn that grunt work can help young City works get to grips with their role

‘If you want to be a three-star Michelin chef, you start your career by chopping the vegetables for a few months,’ according to one EY partner
‘If you want to be a three-star Michelin chef, you start your career by chopping the vegetables for a few months,’ according to one EY partner Photo: Getty Images

Juniors making their way in the City can’t afford to ignore mundane tasks, top technologists have warned, as firms look to automate swathes of work done by the lowest ranks.

Artificial intelligence has swept financial services after applications like ChatGPT popularised the power of large language models.

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