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Anthropic Caught Secretly Tracking Chinese Claude Users

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from Ars Technica AI ·

Anthropic deployed a hidden tracker in Claude to monitor Chinese users, contradicting its anti-surveillance stance. An engineer confirmed the "experiment" is now over. The revelation raises questions about the company's commitment to user privacy.

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Anthropic's surveillance experiment undermines its public posture on privacy, but the company's quick retreat suggests it underestimated the backlash.
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