Alibaba to ban Claude Code over alleged backdoor risk, source says
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An internal ban on Claude Code at Alibaba — coming weeks after distillation accusations around Qwen — shows how quickly AI tools can become entangled in IP and security politics. If you’re standardizing on third‑party coding assistants, treat vendor relationships as geopolitical and legal dependencies, not just productivity choices.
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