Anthropic accidentally caused the takedown of approximately 8,100 GitHub repositories while attempting to remove leaked source code for its Claude Code application. The company's copyright takedown notice affected legitimate forks of its own public repository, which they later acknowledged was an error. Anthropic retracted most notices, limiting the action to just one repository and 96 forks containing the actual leaked code.
Background
Anthropic is a leading AI company known for its Claude AI models, and GitHub is Microsoft's code hosting platform that uses automated systems to process copyright takedown requests.
- Source
- TechCrunch
- Published
- Apr 2, 2026 at 06:12 AM
- Score
- 6.0 / 10