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Claude Code allegedly contains a covert mechanism that detects usage in specific corporate and AI research environments, including those operated by Alibaba, Baidu, ByteDance, and Moonshot AI. According to reverse-engineering claims posted on June 30, the tool inspected proxy settings and system time zones against embedded lists and silently encoded detection signals via system prompt modifications since version 2.1.91 (April 2, 2026). Anthropic acknowledged the detection feature was intended to prevent account abuse and model distillation, stating remediation was underway by July 1. The allegation prompted Alibaba to announce a ban on Claude Code effective July 10, 2026.
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