OKX Bars Staff from Using Anthropic's Claude Amid US-China AI Tensions

Crypto exchange OKX has barred staff in Hong Kong and those traveling through China from using Anthropic PBC's Claude AI model after its corporate account was briefly suspended.

The suspension occurred due to friction between the US and China over AI supremacy, with OKX restricting access to Claude for Hong Kong-based employees where required.

In a statement, OKX said it had become aware that access to Claude by certain employees may not have been fully aligned with Anthropic's geographic access policies.

The company has since restored its corporate account and will route AI requests from affected staff to other models.