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Anthropic Caught Secretly Spying on Users

FuturismPublished Jul 7, 2026

Anthropic embedded hidden code in its Claude AI model to track Chinese users' system details, aiming to prevent unauthorized reselling and model distillation. This covert data collection was intended as a temporary experiment but damaged trust in the company's ethical stance.

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