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Belagavi IT firm warns govt of email misrouting due to Anthropic brand confusion
Belagavi IT firm warns govt of email misrouting due to Anthropic brand confusion
Anthropic Software, a Belagavi-based IT firm founded in 2017, has urged the Karnataka and Union governments to pause formal engagements with U.S.-based AI company Anthropic PBC until a trademark dispute over the…
The Story in Brief
Anthropic Software, a Belagavi-based IT firm founded in 2017, has urged the Karnataka and Union governments to pause formal engagements with U.S.-based AI company Anthropic PBC until a trademark dispute over the 'Anthropic' brand is resolved. The company says the similarity in names and domains, anthropic.in versus anthropic.com, has led to over 700 misrouted emails in four months, some from police, judiciary, and other sensitive government departments.
Founder Mohammad Ayyaz Mulla told The Hindu the misdirected communications pose data-security risks, and that his firm has built an automated system to track and reroute such emails. Anthropic Software has also complained to U.S. regulators, including the SEC and FTC, as well as Indian agencies like MeitY and CERT-In, flagging risks linked to the U.S. company's planned public offering.
The Indian Opinion
The brand confusion here is not just a corporate headache, it is a real data-security gap that Indian agencies appear to have ignored. While the government courts AI investments, a small firm in Belagavi has already logged hundreds of misdirected emails from the police and judiciary. That alone should force a simple test: why has no government department cross-checked domain ownership before sending sensitive mail? The number of misrouted government emails will settle whether this is a genuine risk or an overblown claim.
Source: thehindu.com
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