What is Goldman Sachs' AI policy for employees?
Goldman Sachs has not published its AI policy for employees; what is known comes from press reports of internal guidance, on-the-record statements and SEC filings. The working rule is that staff use generative AI through the firm's own GS AI Platform, which offers OpenAI, Google and Anthropic models under prompt controls, while other tools are restricted. Goldman has not banned AI: in 2025 it gave its GS AI platform to its entire workforce of 46,000. The newest limit dates from October 2026. Bloomberg reported on November 2, 2026 that internal guidance updated in October limits Anthropic's Claude Code and Microsoft's GitHub coding tools to engineers only, after bankers had been allowed to use them for months; 'strats' are exempt, a person told Bloomberg. Spokesperson Nick Carcaterra said that 'after a period of experimentation' the firm puts tools 'in the hands of those who are best suited to leverage them for the long term'. In April 2026 Goldman removed access to Claude for its bankers in Hong Kong, Reuters reported, citing a source; Goldman declined to comment. The bank had earlier banned ChatGPT within its walls, and it tells campus applicants that external sources including ChatGPT are prohibited in interviews. A Firmwide Artificial Intelligence Risk Committee, co-chaired by the chief information officer and the chief risk officer, oversees AI risk.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
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Which AI tools has Goldman Sachs restricted, and when?
Oldest first. Press reports are attributed as reports; the bank is quoted only where it spoke on the record.
| Date | Restriction | What is reported or stated | Who says so |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 27, 2024 (reported) | ChatGPT inside the bank | CIO Marco Argenti said Goldman centralized all proprietary uses of generative AI on an internal platform and restricted them elsewhere, and that he had to contend with some frustration over the bank's decision to ban the use of OpenAI's ChatGPT within its walls | The Wall Street Journal, interview with Argenti[5] |
| June 11, 2025 (reported) | ChatGPT and Google search in campus interviews | An email from the campus recruitment team for the private investing academy in EMEA: 'Goldman Sachs prohibits the use of any external sources, including ChatGPT or Google search engine, during the interview process'. Spokesperson Jennifer Zuccarelli: 'We want to hear from our applicants in their own voice.' | Fortune; Goldman spokesperson on the record[6] |
| April 29, 2026 (reported) | Claude for bankers in Hong Kong | Goldman removed access to Anthropic's Claude for its bankers in Hong Kong, who had used it through an internal AI platform; Gemini and ChatGPT were still available. The Financial Times, which reported it first, said Goldman took a strict interpretation of its contract with Anthropic. Goldman declined to comment | Reuters, citing a source with direct knowledge[3] |
| April 29, 2026 (reported) | Scope of the Hong Kong restriction | The restriction is location specific: staff visiting Hong Kong from overseas cannot access Claude while in the city, and the technology was predominantly used by software engineers | Bloomberg, citing a person familiar with the matter[8] |
| October 2026 (reported November 2, 2026) | Claude Code and GitHub coding tools for non-engineers | 'For months, Goldman allowed bankers to use Anthropic PBC's Claude Code and Microsoft Corp.'s GitHub for work. Now, the bank is limiting the use of those tools to engineers only, according to internal guidance updated in October and seen by Bloomberg News' | Bloomberg[2][1] |
| October 2026 (reported November 2, 2026) | Who is exempt | The directive does not apply to 'strats', employees who sit at the intersection of trading, quantitative research and software engineering; the firm has 12,000 engineers | Bloomberg, citing a person[1] |
| November 2, 2026 | Goldman's statement | 'We make certain AI tools available to our people to determine the best use cases across different parts of the firm,' the spokesperson said. 'After a period of experimentation where we assess a variety of factors including productivity and risk management, we put them in the hands of those who are best suited to leverage them for the long term.' | Nick Carcaterra, Goldman spokesperson, on the record[1] |
Which AI tools may Goldman Sachs employees use?
As described by Goldman's CIO or reported from internal guidance. Goldman has not published a list.
| Tool | Who has it | Controls or conditions | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| GS AI Platform | The single point of entry for all generative AI use at the company | Argenti said controls are embedded to ensure that models are not serving up data to employees who should not have access to it | June 27, 2024[5] |
| GS AI assistants | The entire workforce of 46,000 people | A choice of the latest GPT, Gemini and Claude models; 'there are controls that are looking at what type of information people put in the prompts, and then we apply filters, and we flag' | July 25, 2025[4] |
| GitHub Copilot | Goldman's 12,000 developers | Argenti: 'We have code reviews, we have automatic controls through the pipeline before it goes to production' | July 25, 2025[4] |
| Claude Code and GitHub coding tools | Engineers and 'strats' only, under the guidance Bloomberg reported | Most other staff lost access after a review of productivity and risk concerns | October 2026[1][2] |
| Anthropic's Claude | Not available to bankers in Hong Kong, per Reuters' source | Gemini and ChatGPT were still available on Goldman's platform | April 29, 2026[3] |
| AI agents | No access list published | Argenti said the focus should be on establishing containments and imposing rules for agents, and on creating gates on user tools before the agent can make a transaction | October 22, 2026[9] |
Who oversees AI risk and AI rules at Goldman Sachs?
Goldman's filings describe the committee structure, not the tool rules. The 2025 Form 10-K, filed February 25, 2026, says a Firmwide Artificial Intelligence Risk and Controls Committee, 'which oversees risks associated with the use of AI, reports to the Firmwide Technology Risk Committee', which is co-chaired by the CISO and the chief technology officer.[10]
By the 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2026 the body had become the Firmwide Artificial Intelligence Risk Committee, 'co-chaired by our chief information officer and our chief risk officer'. The 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2026, filed November 2, 2026, describes it as 'responsible for overseeing the risks associated with the use of AI, including monitoring other firmwide risks impacted by AI developments internally and externally'.[11][7]
The 10-K's AI risk factor names the risks the restrictions touch on: generative AI models 'may produce output or take action that is incorrect, that result in the release of private, confidential or proprietary information', and Goldman says 'we rely on AI models developed by third parties'. The filings do not mention the tool restrictions reported in 2026.[10][7]
Not on the record: the text of the internal guidance, the day in October 2026 it changed, which GitHub tools it covers, how many employees lost access, and what the evaluation found. Bloomberg reported that some traders were frustrated, having used the tools to monitor client trading flows, model market changes and positions and create written and graphic content, and that as recently as July 2026 Argenti had touted 'vibe coding' by non-technical employees.[1]
What does the Goldman profile record on this topic?
The rows below are the entries of the Goldman Sachs AI strategy profile that bear on this page, as of Nov 11, 2026; the profile holds the full record of 40 dated moves, 13 use cases and 66 sources.
| Use case | What the record shows | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI risk factor and Firmwide AI Risk Committee | 10-K risk factor on generative-AI output, bias, opacity and third-party models; oversight by a committee co-chaired by the CIO and chief risk officer. | In production | [10][11] |
| Prompt controls on the GS AI Platform | Controls check what information staff enter in prompts and flag it; the platform lets users choose among current GPT, Gemini and Claude models. | In production | [4] |
| Date | Move | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2026 | Claude Code and GitHub coding tools limited to engineers, Bloomberg reports | Internal guidance updated in October limits Anthropic's Claude Code and Microsoft's GitHub coding tools to engineers only, after bankers had been allowed to use them for months; 'strats' are exempt. Spokesperson Nick Carcaterra: 'After a period of experimentation where we assess a variety of factors including productivity and risk management, we put them in the hands of those who are best suited to leverage them for the long term.' | [2][1] |
| Aug 3, 2026 | AI risk oversight moves up to a firmwide committee | The Q2 10-Q describes a Firmwide AI Risk Committee co-chaired by the CIO and chief risk officer; the 10-K had an AI risk and controls committee under technology risk. | [11][10] |
| May 1, 2026 | Q1 10-Q: AI Risk and Controls Committee sits under Technology Risk | The committee, which oversees risks from the use of AI, reports to the Firmwide Technology Risk Committee (co-chaired by the CISO and CTO); by the Q2 10-Q it had become a Firmwide AI Risk Committee. | [12][11] |
| Apr 29, 2026 | Claude access removed for bankers in Hong Kong, Reuters reports | A source told Reuters that Goldman's Hong Kong bankers could no longer use Anthropic's Claude through the internal AI platform, while Gemini and ChatGPT were still available; the Financial Times, first to report it, said Goldman took a strict interpretation of its contract with Anthropic. Goldman declined to comment. | [3] |
| Feb 25, 2026 | 2025 10-K carries a standalone AI risk factor | Generative-AI errors, bias, opacity, reliance on third-party models and heightened risk from OneGS 3.0. | [10] |
| Jul 25, 2025 | GS AI Assistant reaches the whole workforce | 46,000 employees; a million prompts a month; Devin agents joining developer teams. | [4] |
| Jun 27, 2024 | GS AI Platform: one entry point, several model vendors | Argenti says the first generative-AI tool, for code generation, reaches thousands of developers by month end; the platform uses Microsoft-hosted GPT-3.5 and GPT-4, Google Gemini and Meta Llama, and the bank had banned in-house ChatGPT. | [5] |
Did Goldman Sachs ban AI?
No. Goldman gives all of its roughly 46,000 employees generative AI through its own GS AI Platform. What it has done is restrict particular tools: ChatGPT inside the bank before its platform existed, Claude for bankers in Hong Kong in April 2026, and, under guidance updated in October 2026, Claude Code and GitHub coding tools for staff who are not engineers, as reported by Bloomberg.
Does Goldman Sachs allow employees to use Claude?
Partly. Goldman's CIO said in July 2025 that its GS AI assistants offer the latest Claude models alongside GPT and Gemini. Bloomberg reported in November 2026 that Claude Code, Anthropic's coding tool, is now limited to engineers and 'strats', and Reuters reported in April 2026 that bankers in Hong Kong lost access to Claude.
Can Goldman Sachs employees use ChatGPT?
The Wall Street Journal reported in June 2024 that Goldman had banned the use of OpenAI's ChatGPT within its walls while it built its own platform. OpenAI models are available inside that platform: the CIO listed 'the latest GPTs' in July 2025, and Reuters' source said ChatGPT was still available on Goldman's platform in Hong Kong in April 2026.
Why did Goldman Sachs restrict AI coding tools?
Bloomberg reported that Goldman acted after reviewing productivity and risk concerns. Spokesperson Nick Carcaterra said the firm makes certain AI tools available to find the best use cases and, after a period of experimentation assessing factors including productivity and risk management, puts them with those best suited to use them for the long term. Goldman gave no further detail.
Which Goldman Sachs employees can still use Claude Code and GitHub coding tools?
Engineers, of whom Goldman has 12,000, and 'strats', employees who sit at the intersection of trading, quantitative research and software engineering, according to Bloomberg's November 2, 2026 report on internal guidance updated in October. Most bankers and traders, who had been allowed to use the tools for months, lost access.
Can job applicants use ChatGPT in Goldman Sachs interviews?
No. Fortune reported in June 2025 that Goldman's campus recruitment team reminded students that the bank prohibits the use of any external sources, including ChatGPT or Google search engine, during the interview process. A Goldman spokesperson said the language is consistent with what it sends to campus applicants across all positions.
Does Goldman Sachs have an AI risk committee?
Yes. Its quarterly reports for June and September 2026 describe a Firmwide Artificial Intelligence Risk Committee, co-chaired by the chief information officer and the chief risk officer and responsible for overseeing the risks associated with the use of AI. The 2025 Form 10-K described an earlier AI Risk and Controls Committee under the Firmwide Technology Risk Committee.
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