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Alibaba Bans Employees from Using Anthropic's Claude Code

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from ProPakistani ·

Alibaba has reportedly prohibited its employees from using Anthropic's Claude Code at work, citing concerns over potential spying code. The company instructed staff to switch to alternative tools. The ban reflects growing tensions between US and Chinese tech firms over data security.

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The move underscores how geopolitical distrust is reshaping enterprise software choices, even for tools not directly tied to state actors.
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