Anthropic unintentionally triggered a massive takedown of GitHub repositories while trying to remove copies of its Claude Code command‑line application source code. The company’s notice initially affected roughly 8,100 repositories, including legitimate forks of its own public repo. After recognizing the overreach, Anthropic retracted the notice, limiting it to a single repository and 96 forks. The incident has drawn criticism, raised compliance concerns ahead of a planned IPO, and sparked speculation about potential shareholder lawsuits. Read more →