Why Alibaba Just Banned Its Employees From Using Anthropic’s Claude Code
Alibaba will require employees to drop Anthropic tools and use its own Qoder assistant after citing security risks, people familiar with the matter said.
- On Monday, Alibaba ordered employees to stop using Claude Code by July 10, citing "high-risk software" concerns and mandating a switch to its in-house assistant, Qoder.
- Following Anthropic's accusations that Alibaba "brazenly" and "illicitly" extracted AI capabilities via distillation, the developer notified the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs in June.
- Users in China raised alarms over Claude Code environment inspection mechanisms; Anthropic engineer Thariq Shihipar clarified the feature was "an experiment we launched in March" to prevent account abuse.
- The Financial Times reported Friday that Ant provided employees with corporate Claude accounts via Singapore-based entities, while ByteDance encourages staff to "experience and learn" via personal subscriptions.
- This restriction deepens strained relations between the two companies, as Microsoft also scales back Claude Code use for tool consolidation—though unlike Alibaba, not driven by security concerns.
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Despite clarification from Anthropic, Alibaba will continue to enforce this strict policy starting July 10, 2026.
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Alibaba is banning its workers from using Claude Code as US v China AI battle heats up
Alibaba bans access to Claude Code, tells employees to use internal Qoder insteadAnthropic was tracking markers to indicate which users were in ChinaAnthropic accused Alibaba of major Claude model distillation effortAlibaba has reportedly banned its employees from using Claude Code internally, beginning July 10 2026, classifying it as a high-risk tool that risks organizational security.The change follows similar trends already observed among Ame…
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