Alibaba Bans Claude Code From July 10, Steering Staff to Qoder
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Updated · TechCrunch · Jul 4
Alibaba Bans Claude Code From July 10, Steering Staff to Qoder
3 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · Jul 4
Summary
July 10 is the start date for Alibaba’s internal ban on Anthropic’s Claude Code, with employees told to switch to Alibaba’s own Qoder programming tool.
Alibaba reportedly labeled Claude Code high-risk software as Anthropic already bars Chinese companies and foreign entities they own from using its models.
Anthropic has been tightening loopholes that let Chinese users reach Claude, including a March experiment that could secretly identify Chinese users, according to a Reddit post.
Thariq Shihipar said on X the feature targeted account abuse by unauthorized resellers and protection against model distillation, adding stronger safeguards have since replaced it.