Alibaba bans Claude for staff – Anthropic didn’t want them using it anyway

Chinese tech giant Alibaba has ordered staff to stop using Anthropic’s Claude Code, after it was found to be flagging users connecting from China. But Anthropic is already trying its best to stop Chinese firms from using Claude at all, and accuses Alibaba of running large “distillation” campaigns against it, saying it deployed around 25,000 … Read more

Iran needs to ‘normalize relations with the US somehow’ to save economy, expert says

Iranian leaders joined prayers Sunday over the casket of late supreme leader Ali Khamenei during a second day of funeral ceremonies. Arash Azizi, contributing writer at the Atlantic, said Iran needs to “normalize relations with the US somehow” as he pointed to the economy which is in worries following months of conflict with the US … Read more

South Korea plans future fund inspired by chip boom

South Korea plans to invest excess tax revenue generated from its booming semiconductor industry into new growth engines. A top government official said on Sunday it was aimed at supporting the younger generation and addressing growing inequality, Yonhap news agency reported. Why is South Korea creating a provident fund? Presidential Chief of Staff Kang Hoon-sik … Read more