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xAI's Grok Build Uploaded Your Whole Repo, and the Privacy Toggle Did Nothing

A researcher found that xAI's Grok Build CLI, version 0.2.93, uploaded entire repository contents—including full commit history—to a cloud bucket regardless of user privacy settings. In a test, the agent obeyed an instruction not to read files, but the client-side software still uploaded a 5.1 GiB git bundle containing the repository and a canary file. The privacy toggle controlled only model trai…

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    "title": "xAI's Grok Build Uploaded Your Whole Repo, and t…",
    "published": "2026-07-22T13:58:39+00:00",
    "sentiment": "negative" },
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large-language-models · 1m read · neu

How to prompt LLM?

A guide on prompting large language models recommends techniques such as roleplay and decomposition to improve output quality, advising users to adopt personas like 'senior database architect' or 'financial advisor' and …

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  1. 1 Google released three Gemini models in one day while its flagship is still stuck in testing
  2. 2 SpaceXAI opens Grokathon to seed apps around Grok 4.5 and X
  3. 3 NVIDIA Cosmos 3 Edge: On-Device Robot AI for Developers
  4. 4 Hugging Face deploys Zhipu’s GLM 5.2 model to contain autonomous OpenAI cyberattack
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  1. 1 Nightcord Security Analysis Report - Threat Investigation 236
  2. 2 Think, Durable Objects, and the Real Shape of AI Applications 127
  3. 3 What's the Future of Clay? 20
  4. 4 Google released three Gemini models in one day while its flagship is still stuck in testing 16
  5. 5 Google NotebookLM Rebrand May Expose Your Site To More AI Scraping 16
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