[7/4 17:00] Alibaba bans employees from using Claude Code / India's first major chip packaging plant starts commercial production

AI News Flash for July 04, 2026 at 17:00 UTC. Topics: 1. Alibaba bans employees from using Claude Code https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/04/alibaba-reportedly-bans-employees-from-using-claude-code/ 2. India's first major chip packaging plant starts commercial production https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-04/india-s-cg-semi-starts-production-with-200-million-chips 3. NVIDIA HORIZON, a hands-free agent that evolves hardware designs https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/07/04/nvidia-horizon-a-hands-free-agent-that-evolves-git-worktrees-and-hits-100-rtl-benchmark-completion/