Dossier
Thereallo
Coverage of Thereallo in the Nexus archive.
- Anthropic is removing its covert code for catching Chinese competitors
Anthropic is removing hidden code from its Claude Code system that was used to detect unauthorized resellers and Chinese AI competitors by hiding data in system prompts. The code, which used steganography and checks for specific hostnames, was criticized for lacking transparency despite not being malicious. The company cites stronger mitigations like behavioral fingerprinting and access controls as reasons for discontinuing the covert measures.