Claude Code leak puts Anthropic on the other side of the copyright battle

Some of Anthropic's secrets were exposed this week, giving competitors a window into how its popular AI agent, Claude Code, works.

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• Anthropic accidentally leaked the source code for its Claude Code AI agent this week.
• The leaked source code went viral, garnering millions of views and GitHub adaptations.
• Anthropic sent a copyright takedown request to control the spread.

When a segment of the source code for Anthropic's celebrated AI agent...