SpaceXAI's Grok Build AI coding tool was found to be uploading users' entire codebases to Google Cloud prior to the company disabling the feature. According to a report by The Register, researchers from Cereblab discovered that the Grok Build CLI was packaging and uploading complete code repositories, including files that users had instructed it not to access and deleted secrets. The researchers noted that as of Monday, their tests indicated that SpaceXAI's servers were returning a 'disable_codebase_upload: true' flag, and the codebase upload feature was no longer active.
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SpaceXAI's Grok Tool Previously Uploaded Users' Codebases to Cloud Storage
SpaceXAI's Grok Build AI tool was discovered to be uploading users' entire codebases to Google Cloud before the feature was disabled. Researchers found that the tool was retaining significantly more data than comparable tools, prompting a response from the company.
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SpaceXAI’s Grok programming tool was uploading its users’ entire codebase to cloud storage
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