First reported by bsky
Alibaba bans employees from using Anthropic's Claude Code over security and spyware concerns
Alibaba bans Claude Code after hidden user-tracking code discovered
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Alina Maria Stan
2d ago· 5 min readenNews
Summary
Alibaba has banned employees from using Anthropic's Claude Code coding agent after security researchers found hidden code in the tool designed to identify Chinese users. The ban, effective July 10, comes amid escalating tensions between the two companies, with Anthropic previously accusing Alibaba of stealing its AI capabilities through large-scale distillation. The discovery of what Alibaba calls "back-door risks" in Claude Code has led to its classification as high-risk software within the company.
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· 2 pulledAs Claude Code was recently discovered to carry back-door risks, after comprehensive evaluation, Claude Code has now been added to a list of high-risk software with security implications.
The ban, effective 10 July, follows weeks of escalating conflict between the two companies over allegations that Alibaba stole Anthropic's AI capabilities through industrial-scale distillation.
Alibaba has banned its employees from using Claude Code, Anthropic’s AI-powered coding agent, after security researchers discovered that the tool contained hidden code designed to identify Chinese users. The ban, effective 10 July, follows weeks of escala
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