Investment banking giant Goldman Sachs has prohibited its Hong Kong-based employees from accessing artificial intelligence tools developed by Anthropic, according to a Financial Times report published Tuesday.
Banking staff in the region lost access to Anthropic’s Claude AI models several weeks ago, according to four sources familiar with the situation cited by the newspaper.
The restriction represents an unusual move in Hong Kong, where American-developed AI technologies like ChatGPT and Claude typically remain accessible. While mainland China blocks these AI platforms, Hong Kong generally stays outside such restrictions, with access limitations usually determined by the U.S. companies themselves.
An Anthropic representative informed the Financial Times that Claude models were never officially “supported” in Hong Kong, though the company refused to provide additional details.
According to the report, Goldman Sachs implemented the ban after conducting a thorough review of its agreement with Anthropic in consultation with the AI company. This analysis led the bank to conclude that Hong Kong-based staff should be completely barred from using any Anthropic services.
The prohibition does not affect Goldman Sachs’ relationships with other artificial intelligence providers, including OpenAI, the Financial Times noted.
Neither Goldman Sachs nor Anthropic provided immediate responses to requests for comment from Reuters.
The development comes months after Goldman Sachs’ chief information officer Marco Argenti announced in February that the financial institution was collaborating with Anthropic to create AI-powered systems designed to automate various internal operations.
