ByteDance bars staff from using personal Claude and Codex accounts on internal code and documents

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VP of technology Hong Dingkun cited data security and denied pushing staff to ByteDance’s own tools
Rolled out in phases; thousands of technical staff affected

Same week: Goldman Sachs restricted some AI tools for bankers, and Revolut moved coding to self-hosted GLM.

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Filed: 4 November 2026
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