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China State TV Affiliate Attacks Anthropic Privacy Overhaul, Cites US Intel Data Sharing Risk

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Summary

A Yuyuantantian social media account tied to China Central Television posted on Saturday accusing Anthropic of raising user-data risks through 13 privacy-policy revisions since 2023, including provisions that transfer data collected from users in Canada, Brazil, South Korea and the EU into the US. The post highlights Anthropic's September 2025 shift to default-on model training and its stated cooperation with US intelligence agencies over alleged Chinese model distillation, timed ahead of anticipated US-China trade talks.