NEW YORK, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs ( GS ) has

hired Daniel Marcu from Amazon.com ( AMZN ) as its global head

of artificial intelligence engineering and science to help

develop and refine artificial intelligence platforms and

products, according to a memo seen by Reuters.

Before joining Goldman, Marcu was vice president of Web and

Knowledge Services in Alexa Information and then Amazon

Artificial General Intelligence, the memo said.

He joins a roster of technology experts at Goldman that

includes Chief Information Officer Marco Argenti, who also

worked at Amazon Web Services.

Goldman Sachs ( GS ) CEO David Solomon said during the bank's

fourth-quarter earnings call earlier this month that Goldman is

leveraging AI solutions to scale and transform its engineering

capabilities, simplify and modernize its technology, and drive

productivity.

The Wall Street bank is also rolling out a generative AI

assistant to its bankers, traders and asset managers, the first

stage in the evolution of a program that will eventually take on

the traits of a seasoned Goldman employee, Argenti told CNBC on

Jan. 21. Goldman confirmed the comments.

The bank has released a program called GS AI assistant to

about 10,000 employees so far, with the goal that all the

company's knowledge workers will have it this year, Argenti

said.

The memo announcing Marcu's appointment also said Rahul

Sharma will continue to serve as head of GS AI platform

engineering, reporting to Marcu, and Bing Xiang will continue to

serve as head of AI Research within Engineering, also reporting

to Marcu.

Marcu brings more than three decades of experience in

research and development organizations including leadership

positions in academia, start-ups and large multinational

services and technology companies.

He also worked at the Information Sciences Institute and

University of Southern California for more than 20 years.