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Alibaba bans employees from using Anthropic's Claude Code

TechCrunch Alibaba reportedly bans employees from using Claude Code

Alibaba has reportedly classified Anthropic's Claude Code tool as high-risk software and banned its employees from using it. The decision highlights growing corporate anxiety over the security of AI-assisted programming tools.

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Major tech firms are restricting AI coding assistants due to security concerns over proprietary code and potential data leaks.

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