汇丰银行正在香港设立一个人工智能和新兴技术研究院，作为该市最大银行在今年早些时候在新加坡推出类似机构后加大人工智能布局的一部分。
HSBC is setting up an artificial intelligence and emerging technology institute in Hong Kong, as the city's largest bank steps up its AI push following a similar launch in Singapore earlier this year.
该行计划于2027年第一季度启动该研究院，首席执行官乔治斯·埃尔赫德里周一在香港金融科技周活动上表示。
The bank aims to launch the institute in the first quarter of 2027, Chief Executive Georges Elhedery said at Hong Kong's Fintech Week event on Monday.
埃尔赫德里表示，该人工智能部门将与香港科技大学合作，后者将作为其主要学术合作伙伴，但他未披露人员编制细节。
The AI unit will work with Hong Kong University of Science and Technology as its anchor academic partner, Elhedery said, though he did not disclose headcount details.
他补充称，该行将在香港北部都会区——一个与中国大陆接壤的大型项目——的场地准备就绪后，尽快将该中心迁至该地。
He added the bank would move the centre to Hong Kong's Northern Metropolis — a mega project bordering mainland China — as soon as its site there was ready.
香港计划紧随这家亚洲焦点贷款机构7月宣布的计划，即在竞争金融中心新加坡的人工智能中心招聘100多名人工智能专家。
The Hong Kong plan follows the Asia-focused lender's announcement in July that it would hire more than 100 artificial intelligence specialists at an AI centre in rival financial hub Singapore.
这项人工智能转型投资正值全球银行因人工智能驱动的改革而裁员之际，花旗、渣打和巴克莱等贷款机构今年宣布了削减数千个职位的计划。
The investment in AI transformation comes as banks globally cut staff due to AI-driven overhauls, with lenders such as Citi, Standard Chartered, and Barclays unveiling plans this year to cut thousands of jobs.
香港事实上的中央银行首席执行官余伟文在会议上表示，香港约80%的银行已经在采用人工智能或生成式人工智能。
Around 80% of all banks in Hong Kong are already adopting AI or generative AI, Eddie Yue, chief executive of Hong Kong's de facto central bank, told the conference.
汇丰的埃尔赫德里补充称，汇丰——拥有28000名本地员工的香港最大私营部门雇主之一——正在为其全球约200000名员工推出人工智能培训。“人工智能将具有颠覆性。它将改变工作，”埃尔赫德里表示。
HSBC's Elhedery added that HSBC — one of Hong Kong's largest private-sector employers with 28,000 local staff — was rolling out AI training for its entire global workforce of roughly 200,000 people. "AI is going to be disruptive. It's going to transform jobs," Elhedery said.