Per Woofun AI, JPMorgan Chase has restricted Hong Kong branch employees from accessing Anthropic's Claude model, removing it from the internally approved large language model selection list. This operational adjustment mirrors a comparable compliance measure implemented earlier this year by Goldman Sachs, which also curtailed Claude usage within its Hong Kong operations. The decision stems from a strict interpretation of Anthropic's licensing agreement, which explicitly excludes the Greater China region, including Hong Kong, from its service scope.

Anthropic's geographic restrictions aim to mitigate 'distillation' risks, preventing domestic teams from training proprietary models by frequently querying advanced Western systems like Claude and ChatGPT. While multinational corporations often bypass such barriers through global contracts and overseas hosting, the recent actions by Wall Street banks signal that geopolitical term barriers are increasingly permeating financial institutions. As the sector integrates AI into core functions like coding, these access limitations may undermine Hong Kong's standing as a competitive international financial hub.