Anthropic hits back after China warns of Claude Code ‘backdoor’ risks

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Anthropic, a US-based AI company, responded to Chinese government warnings that its coding product Claude Code contains security backdoors. The dispute highlights increasing cyber security and regulatory friction between China and US tech firms.

US artificial intelligence company Anthropic said users in China being advised to uninstall its flagship Claude Code product were not supposed to be using it in the first place, responding after Beijing warned of security “backdoor” risks. The company’s statement comes after a cybersecurity platform managed by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said on Wednesday that Anthropic’s agentic coding tool poses “a serious threat” to Chinese users, in the latest escalation of...