Goldman Sachs Restricts AI Coding Tools to Engineers Only
Goldman Sachs reverses its 'vibe coding' policy, cutting off trader and banker access to advanced AI coding tools due to risk and productivity concerns.
According to Bloomberg, Goldman Sachs has cut off most of its employees from advanced AI coding tools such as Anthropic's Claude Code and Microsoft's GitHub Copilot. Based on internal guidelines issued in October, only engineers are permitted to continue using these tools. For months, traders and bankers had utilized them to monitor trading flows and create content. The rollback is reportedly causing frustration within the firm.
This decision marks a significant shift in Goldman Sachs' AI adoption strategy. In July, Goldman CIO Marco Argenti publicly praised "vibe coding" by non-technical staff in an interview, envisioning a workflow where traders or asset managers would build quick prototypes with AI before handing them off to engineers for production scaling. That plan appears to have been abandoned.
Regarding the reasons for the U-turn, Bloomberg cited Goldman spokesperson Nick Carcaterra, who attributed it to a "variety of factors including productivity and risk management." Carcaterra added that the experimentation phase is over, and the firm is now limiting the tools to those "who are best suited to leverage them for the long term." This change reflects the practical governance challenges large financial institutions face as generative AI moves from broad experimentation to controlled deployment.