JPMorgan Taps Carnegie Mellon Professor for New Artificial Intelligence Role

Manuela Veloso will build on the U.S. bank’s existing work applying machine learning technology

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. is investing further in artificial intelligence.

The largest U.S. bank by assets said Thursday that Carnegie Mellon University’s head of machine learning will join JPMorgan in a new role, head of artificial-intelligence research.

In the position, Manuela Veloso, who is also a professor at Carnegie Mellon, will build...