Alibaba will ban Claude Code from July 10 over security concerns, directing employees to use its in-house AI coding assistant Qoder instead.

Move follows claims that Anthropic embedded hidden code in Claude Code to track certain users, escalating tensions between the U.S. AI startup and the Chinese tech giant

Alibaba will bar staff from using Anthropic's Claude Code from July 10 over an alleged backdoor, a source says, amid a wider Claude-Qwen dispute.