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

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

SpaceXAI's Grok Build AI coding tool was spotted uploading users' entire codebases to Google Cloud before it was reported, and the company turned it off. The Register reports that

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What xAI's Grok Build CLI Actually Sends to xAI

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Grok CLI uploaded the whole home directory to GCS

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Grok uploaded my user directory to xAI's servers

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