"The leak of the company's client source code reveals that Claude Code pretty much has the run of any device where it's installed."
"The US government argued there was 'substantial risk that Anthropic could attempt to disable its technology or preemptively and surreptitiously alter the behavior of the model in advance or in the middle of ongoing warfighting operations.'"
"'Anthropic does not have the access required to disable [its] technology or alter [its] model's behavior before or during ongoing operations,' it wrote, quoting Thiyagu Ramasamy."
"For everyone else, Claude has vast powers."
Claude Code lacks rootkit-like persistent kernel access but can control devices more than expected. Its source code leak reveals extensive capabilities, including data retention and authorship concealment. Anthropic's lawsuit against the US Defense Department highlights concerns over the AI's potential to alter behavior during military operations. The government claims Anthropic poses a supply chain threat, while Anthropic asserts it cannot disable or modify its technology in classified settings. However, outside of those environments, Claude Code retains vast powers over user devices.
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