Alibaba bans employee use of Anthropic's AI tools amid distillation attack accusations
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Eunice Yoon
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Alibaba is banning employees from using Anthropic's AI tools (specifically Claude Code) for work purposes starting July 10, citing back-door security risks. This follows Anthropic's letter to the U.S. Senate accusing Alibaba of a "brazen" and "illegal" distillation attack — a practice where AI models are reverse-engineered by querying them extensively. The move highlights escalating tensions between U.S. and Chinese tech companies over AI intellectual property and security concerns.
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· 3 pulledAlibaba will ban employees from using Anthropic's artificial intelligence tools for work purposes as of July 10, citing concerns that the U.S. company has back-door security risks
The Chinese e-commerce giant has put Anthropic's Claude Code on a high-risk software list
Anthropic's decision in June to send a letter to the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, blaming the Chinese tech titan of 'brazenly' and 'illegally'
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