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Goldman Moves Vibe Coding Behind the Engineering Door
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Goldman Sachs is pulling AI coding tools including Claude Code and GitHub Copilot from traders and bankers, limiting access to engineers. The bank cites productivity and risk management for the change, according to The Decoder. The restriction follows public praise in July from chief information officer Marco Argenti for vibe coding by nontechnical staff. That earlier enthusiasm envisioned a broader group of employees using AI to create software. The new policy puts the tools back in the hands of people whose jobs include engineering. The shift illustrates a tension for financial firms. AI-assisted coding can make it easier to produce software, but ease of production does not remove the need to review what that software does. A bank has reason to care about how tools are built and managed, especially when they could affect work in sensitive areas. For traders and bankers, the immediate change is less direct access to the coding assistants. For engineers, it preserves a central role in deciding how code enters the workplace. The bank has not abandoned productivity as a goal; it has paired that goal with a narrower permissions list. Vibe coding had a season as the office's democratic breakthrough. Now the vibe must first find an engineer, explain the request and wait for the door to open.
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