Anthropic Retracts Mass GitHub Takedown After AI Source Code Leak Escalates
Anthropic has acknowledged that thousands of GitHub repositories were unintentionally taken down following an effort to remove leaked source code related to its Claude Code AI product. The incident began after a software engineer identified that a recent release had exposed parts of the application’s underlying code, prompting widespread sharing and analysis within developer communities. […]
Anthropic, widely recognized for its focus on responsible AI development, has disclosed an internal error that resulted in the unintended release of sensitive software files linked to its Claude Code platform. The issue occurred during the rollout of version 2.1.88, where a packaging mistake exposed nearly 2,000 source code files and more than 512,000 lines […]