Alibaba Blocks Claude Code for Employees Over Hidden Tracking of Chinese Users Starting July 10

Alibaba has banned its employees from using Anthropic's Claude Code coding assistant starting July 10, 2026, after a developer discovered hidden tracking code that identifies users in China, according to The Next Web. The company has added Claude Code to its internal list of high-risk software and is advising employees to switch to Qoder, its own coding platform. Anthropic engineer Thariq Shihipar confirmed on X that the tracking is part of an experiment launched in March, describing it as a mea