Alibaba plans to bar its entire workforce from using Claude Code, an AI programming tool from Anthropic, starting July 10. The Chinese firm has labeled the software high-risk and directed staff to rely instead on its internal coding assistant, Qoder. Anthropic has already blocked Chinese companies and related foreign entities from its models, though some access reportedly continues through gaps. To address those gaps, the company is said to have tested a version of Claude with hidden tracking for user locations and China ties, according to reports, but later dropped the effort.
