Citadel CEO Ken Griffin was a prominent AI skeptic. Now he says, 'AI is real.'

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Citadel CEO Ken Griffin has finally joined the AI hype train. While many CEOs have been saying for years that AI can do the work of many white-collar professionals, and remaking their companies accordingly, Griffin had been a notable holdout. At the beginning of the year, during a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the hedge fund billionaire said AI was impressive on the surface, but as soon as you dug deeper, "it's all garbage." Griffin has long been seen as one of AI's