Deutsche Bank, Goldman Look to AI to Flag Trader Misconduct

Deutsche Bank AG and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. are looking to agentic artificial intelligence to help bolster trading surveillance and track possible misconduct, in a sign that financial institutions are folding such technology into their operations.

The German lender is working with Alphabet Inc.’s Google Cloud to develop a large language model to spot anomalies in orders, trades and market moves, according to Bernd Leukert, head of technology, data and innovation at Deutsche Bank.

Agentic AI is typically designed to plan and take action autonomously, unlike AI chatbots that simply supply information. Deutsche Bank is developing the tool ...