Anthropic has a feature in Claude Code literally called "undercover mode." No off switch. It quietl

What's AI by Louis-François Bouchard · Intermediate ·💻 AI-Assisted Coding ·2mo ago

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Discusses Anthropic's Claude Code feature called 'undercover mode'

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Now, let's get to the part that actually made people way too uncomfortable. Undercover mode. 90 lines in undercover.ts. It instructs Claude to never reveal its any eye. It's strips co-authored by attribution from commits on GitHub. It activates automatically for Anthropic employees contributing to external repos. No off switch. The actual code inside the code is, you are operating undercover. Do not blow your cover. Every company probably does something like this, but when your entire brand is built on transparency and AI safety, having a feature literally called undercover mode is a choice.

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Anthropic has a feature in Claude Code literally called "undercover mode." No off switch. It quietly tells Claude to never reveal it's an AI. Kind of a wild choice from the company whose whole brand is transparency 👀 #short
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