Alibaba Bans Staff From Using Anthropic AI Tools Over Security Concerns

Alibaba Bans Staff From Using Anthropic AI Tools Over Security Concerns

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is barring employees from using Anthropic’s artificial-intelligence tools starting July 10, citing security concerns after the U.S. startup acknowledged it had embedded hidden code to track certain users.

An Alibaba insider confirmed to Caixin on Friday that the Chinese e-commerce giant has added Anthropic’s Claude Code to its high-risk software list. Employees will be required to uninstall Anthropic models and agent products and switch to Alibaba’s in-house AI assistant, Qoder, the person said.

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