The AI Cold War Just Got Chillier

Anthropic, the leading AI startup, embedded spyware in its Claude Code model to detect Chinese users and prevent unauthorized use, sparking privacy concerns. The company acknowledged the experiment and plans to remove the spyware in the latest Fable 5 update. This move reflects tensions in the AI race between the U.S. and China, with the U.S. government targeting Chinese AI labs for illicit use of American models.