Alibaba is banning employees from using Anthropic's Claude Code programming tool starting July 10, classifying it as high-risk software. This reflects Anthropic's existing restrictions on Chinese company access to its models and the company's ongoing efforts to prevent unauthorized use in China, where loopholes have allowed some users to bypass restrictions.
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China's Alibaba will ban employees from using Anthropic's Claude Code programming tool starting July 10. Alibaba has classified it as high-risk software and is directing staff to use its own Qoder tool instead.
Why it matters
Anthropic already prohibits Chinese companies from accessing its models. The move underscores tensions around AI tool access in China, where Anthropic has been working to close loopholes allowing unauthorized use. For businesses operating across regions, it signals stricter regional AI tool policies may be coming.
What to watch
The ban takes effect July 10. Anthropic previously ran an experiment in March with a version of Claude Code designed to identify Chinese users as part of efforts to prevent unauthorized reselling and misuse of its models.
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