On July 1, 2026, Thariq, a member of Anthropic's Claude Code team, acknowledged on X a built-in mechanism for detecting Chinese users, saying it was an experiment against resale and distillation started in March and that it would be rolled back.
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2026-10-09 18:07 · 7月1日，Claude Code团队成员Thariq在社交平台X平台公开承认了相关举措。他回应称，这是Anthropic今年3月启动的一项实验，目的是防止未经授权的转售商滥用账号，并防范模型蒸馏
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2026-10-09 18:07 · Anthropic Claude Code 团队成员 Thariq Shihipar 随后在社交媒体上回应称，该机制是团队于 2026 年 3 月上线的“实验性”措施，目的是防止未经授权的账户转售以及防范模型蒸馏攻击。
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Claude Code team member Thariq admits on X to built-in mechanism for detecting Chinese users
2026.07.01 · Verified
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