xai-org/grok-build, now open source
Simon Willison2w4 min read
xai-org/grok-build, now open source xAI's grok CLI tool faced severe community backlash yesterday when it became apparent that running the command in a directory could upload that entire directory to xAI's Google Cloud buckets. One user reported running it in their home directory and seeing it upload "my SSH keys, my password manager database, my documents, photos, videos, everything". I've not seen an official explanation for why it was doing this, but xAI did respond to the feedback ( Musk : "As a precautionary measure, all user data that was uploaded to SpaceXAI before now will be completel