China’s Alibaba bans Anthropic for employees after attack claims

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Alibaba Bans Anthropic AI Tools: Alibaba will prohibit its employees from using Anthropic’s AI tools starting from July 10 due to alleged security risks.
Security Concerns: The ban comes because Alibaba believes Anthropic’s AI, particularly its product Claude Code, poses back-door security risks for the company.
Previous Accusations: In June, Anthropic accused Alibaba of attempting to access its AI capabilities illicitly through what it termed as “the largest known distillation attack.”
Terms of Service: Anthropic’s service explicitly restricts Chinese companies and those from “adversarial nations” from using its models.
Replacement with Qoder: Alibaba employees will now have to uninstall all Anthropic products and switch to the Chinese firm’s own AI assistant called Qoder.
Internal Reactions: Both Alibaba and Anthropic declined to comment on this matter.
Chinese Tech Backlash: There has been significant backlash against Anthropic in China, based on revelations that it had hidden code to detect users based in China.
Bypass Attempts Reported: The Financial Times reported that Chinese companies like Ant Group were bypassing Anthropic’s restrictions by accessing its AI through third countries.