July 4, 2026

Alibaba bans Claude Code after Anthropic is caught tracking Chinese users with hidden code

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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 e...