China warns of "security backdoor" in Anthropic AI coding tool
BEIJING: A Chinese industry regulator warned users on Wednesday of a "security backdoor" embedded in versions of US artificial intelligence company Anthropic's…
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BEIJING: A Chinese industry regulator warned users on Wednesday (Jul 8) of a "security backdoor" embedded in versions of US artificial intelligence company Anthropic's coding tool, Claude Code. Chinese tech giant Alibaba told employees last week that the use of Claude Code would be banned from Jul 10 due to security concerns, people familiar with the matter said. Anthropic has previously accused Alibaba of reverse-engineering its AI models to mimic their abilities in a process known as "distillation." Claude Code engineer Thariq Shihipar responded in an X post last week to reports alleging the tool was tracking certain data from Chinese users.
Furthermore, The alleged backdoor could allow the software to "transmit sensitive information", including users' locations and identity-related identifiers, back to Anthropic's servers without users' consent, said China's National Vulnerability Database (NVDB), a cybersecurity platform. San Francisco startup Anthropic blocks users and companies in China and other nations it deems adversarial from accessing its products, but it is still possible to use them in the country through VPN or third-party proxy services. The NVDB, which is affiliated with China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said on its website it had recently "detected that the AI coding tool Claude Code contains security backdoor risks, posing a severe threat".
In addition, Claude Code is an AI coding agent that can generate computer code, debug software and review code based on user prompts. "This is an experiment we launched in March that was meant to prevent account abuse from unauthorised resellers and protect against distillation," Shihipar wrote. Anthropic has not responded to AFP requests for comment on the allegations, which first emerged in specialist tech media last week.
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BEIJING: A Chinese industry regulator warned users on Wednesday (Jul 8) of a "security backdoor" embedded in versions of US artificial intelligence company Anthropic's coding tool, Claude Code.
reliability low1/2 sourcesChinese tech giant Alibaba told employees last week that the use of Claude Code would be banned from Jul 10 due to security concerns, people familiar with the matter said.
reliability low1/2 sourcesAnthropic has previously accused Alibaba of reverse-engineering its AI models to mimic their abilities in a process known as "distillation." Claude Code engineer Thariq Shihipar responded in an X post last week to reports alleging the tool was tracking certain data from Chinese users.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe alleged backdoor could allow the software to "transmit sensitive information", including users' locations and identity-related identifiers, back to Anthropic's servers without users' consent, said China's National Vulnerability Database (NVDB), a cybersecurity platform.
reliability low1/2 sourcesSan Francisco startup Anthropic blocks users and companies in China and other nations it deems adversarial from accessing its products, but it is still possible to use them in the country through VPN or third-party proxy services.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe NVDB, which is affiliated with China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said on its website it had recently "detected that the AI coding tool Claude Code contains security backdoor risks, posing a severe threat".
reliability low1/2 sourcesClaude Code is an AI coding agent that can generate computer code, debug software and review code based on user prompts.
reliability low1/2 sources"This is an experiment we launched in March that was meant to prevent account abuse from unauthorised resellers and protect against distillation," Shihipar wrote.
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Anthropic has not responded to AFP requests for comment on the allegations, which first emerged in specialist tech media last week.
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