Alibaba has decided to prohibit employees from using Anthropic’s Claude Code beginning July 10, classifying the programming tool as high risk. The China-based technology giant said security concerns drove the decision, and it is instead directing staff to use Qoder, an in-house alternative. The move comes against a wider backdrop of restrictions involving Chinese users and foreign AI systems. Anthropic already bans Chinese companies and foreign entities owned by them from using its models, and it has been working to close loopholes that could allow access to Claude systems. Anthropic’s Thariq Shihipar said on X that a March experiment was intended to prevent account abuse by unauthorized resellers and to protect against model distillation, a process in which one AI model is trained using another model’s outputs. He also said the team has since taken stronger steps and plans to remove the feature, but Alibaba’s decision remained unchanged.
businessAdvanced1 min read7/8/2026
Alibaba Bars Employees From Claude Code
Alibaba will prohibit employees from using Anthropic’s Claude Code from July 10, citing security concerns. The company is steering staff toward Qoder, its own tool, as part of a broader move toward local alternatives.
