JPMorgan Chase plans to deploy more powerful AI agents this year

JPMorgan Chase plans to deploy AI agents (software systems that can work independently toward goals) in 2026 that can run for hours instead of just minutes, marking a shift toward longer-running autonomous workers. These advances are enabled by improvements in how AI models reason and perform tasks like writing code and controlling software, though security concerns have prevented wider corporate adoption. The bank has already seen a 20% increase in gross sales from AI tools in private banking and believes the technology could eventually expand individual banker productivity by 50%.