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Alibaba bans employees from using Anthropic's Claude Code over security and spyware concerns

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Alibaba has banned employees from using Anthropic's Claude Code, classifying it as 'high-risk' software due to security concerns. The ban stems from Anthropic's previous use of hidden code to track Chinese users, which sparked backlash. The internal notice was seen by the South China Morning Post.

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As 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 vulnerabilities

Alibaba Group Holding has banned its employees from using Anthropic's Claude Code for work, citing security risks related to the US artificial intelligence firm's previous use of hidden code to track Chinese users

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The Chinese tech giant has listed Claude Code as ‘high-risk’ software, after discovering Anthropic had tracked Chinese users using hidden code.

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