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China signals about AI risks with Anthropic's Claude Code
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BEIJING, China on Wednesday warned of "back-door" security risks affecting companies that use U.S.-based company Anthropic's Claude Code artificial intelligence tool.
Key facts
- Users should uninstall or upgrade from the affected Claude Code versions, 2.1.91 to 2.1.196, the cybersecurity platform said
- And Alibaba has ordered its employees to stop using Anthropic tools for work starting July 10, CNBC confirmed on Monday
- The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said Wednesday its cybersecurity threat platform found "AI coding tool Claude Code contains a security back-door vulnerability that poses
- BEIJING, China on Wednesday warned of "back-door" security risks affecting companies that use U.S.-based company Anthropic's Claude Code artificial intelligence tool
Summary
It comes as the U.S.-China tech race intensifies, with Anthropic last month blaming Chinese company Alibaba for attempting to extract its AI capabilities, which are not officially available in China. Many locals in China have found ways to use U.S. AI tools, however. The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said Wednesday its cybersecurity threat platform found "AI coding tool Claude Code contains a security back-door vulnerability that poses a serious threat. The autonomous coding tool can send sensitive information to a remote server without a user's consent, the statement said in Chinese, according to a CNBC translation.