🧠 Citi Turns Staff Into Prompt Engineers

I always thought AI training would become the new “Microsoft Office training” of our time; basic proficiency that every professional needs. And it’s already happening.

Some people are upskilling fast. Others are quietly choosing to retire rather than learn AI. But make no mistake: AI literacy is now a baseline skill and all of you here are already way ahead of the curve. 💪

Here’s the scoop (courtesy of AI Secret):

What’s happening:

Citi just mandated AI prompt training for all 175,000 employees across 80 countries.

The internal memo calls it “the beginning of a new way of working.”

Staff are now being trained to write better prompts for Citi’s internal AI tools — they’ve already logged 6.5 million prompts this year!

The goal: move from basic prompting → to precision workflows.

And they’re not alone:

JPMorgan uses AI to generate investment pitch decks in 30 seconds.

Wells Fargo has sent thousands of employees to Stanford’s AI bootcamps.

💡 Why this matters

This isn’t pilots or experiments anymore, this is compliance-grade workforce transformation.

Banks are treating prompt fluency as a core workplace skill like Excel or Bloomberg terminals.

It’s reshaping hiring, onboarding, and performance metrics.

Managers are starting to measure output in “AI leverage”, not hours worked.

If a task that took two days now takes 10 minutes with AI, the competitive edge shifts from location to prompt literacy.

✨ Key Takeaway

When 175,000 bankers are told to “prompt or perish,” AI isn’t an add-on, it’s the new Excel.

And here’s the good news, everyone inside SHE IS AI is already preparing for this world, building the confidence, skillsets, and ethical foundations to lead it. 🌍

👉 What do you think? Should companies make AI fluency mandatory training?

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