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Grok CLI uploaded the whole home directory to GCS

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How the story developed

13 Jul

Grok CLI uploaded the whole home directory to GCS

REPORT · WHAT · Hacker News Best (RSS)

Other feeds and industry voices

13 Jul

Grok uploaded my user directory to xAI's servers

<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48892512">Comments</a>

REPORT · WHAT · Hacker News Best (RSS)OPEN STORY

14 Jul

Grok Build Uploads Entire Git Repositories to xAI Storage, Not Just Files It Reads

xAI's Grok Build coding CLI was uploading entire Git repositories, full commit history and all, to a Google Cloud Storage bucket run by xAI, not just the files a coding task

REPORT · WHO · The Hacker NewsOPEN STORY

14 Jul

SpaceXAI’s Grok programming tool was uploading its users’ entire codebase to cloud storage

OPINION · WHAT · The VergeOPEN STORY

16 Jul

The Pulse: Grok’s CLI caught uploading all your local files to the cloud

Also: engineering leaders concerned about continued increase in code review load, devs at enterprises surprised by high enterprise pricing, and more

REPORT · WHAT · The Pragmatic EngineerOPEN STORY

3 Sept

Grok outage

<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49551589">Comments</a>

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