Goldman Sachs restricts AI coding tools to engineers only

What happened

Goldman Sachs has cut off most employees, including traders and bankers, from advanced AI coding tools such as Anthropic's Claude Code and Microsoft's GitHub, leaving access to engineers, Bloomberg reported citing internal guidelines from October. A Goldman spokesperson cited productivity and risk management among the factors and said the experimentation phase is over. The rollback reportedly frustrates staff who had used the tools for months.

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The story so far

Goldman Sachs has restricted most employees, including traders and bankers, from using advanced AI coding tools such as Anthropic's Claude Code and Microsoft's GitHub, leaving access to engineers, according to Bloomberg, which cited internal guidelines from October. The bank said productivity and risk management were among the factors and that its experimentation phase is over.