Anthropic’s AI coding assistant’s source code leaked, prompting swift copyright takedowns on GitHub. However, one engineer ingeniously bypassed these measures by using AI tools to rewrite the code in Python. This novel approach, taking mere hours, has resulted in a functional, distinct version that evades copyright claims, highlighting challenges in protecting AI code. Anthropic’s AI coding assistant’s source code leaked, prompting swift copyright takedowns on GitHub. However, one engineer ingeniously bypassed these measures by using AI tools to rewrite the code in Python. This novel approach, taking mere hours, has resulted in a functional, distinct version that evades copyright claims, highlighting challenges in protecting AI code.
