{"slug": "spacexai-open-sources-grok-coding-harness-after-data-scrapping-scandal", "title": "SpaceXAI open sources Grok coding harness after data scrapping scandal", "summary": "SpaceXAI open-sourced its Grok coding harness after a researcher discovered the tool was quietly scraping users' Git repositories without consent, sparking a data privacy scandal.", "body_md": "AI SpaceXAI open sources Grok coding harness after data scrapping scandal SpaceXAI open sources Grok coding agent after a researcher found it was quietly scrapping users' git repos. Kiera Fields Jul 16, 2026 - 2 min read Image credit: https://unsplash.com/@vieirra Get the full story: Subscribe for free Join peers managing over $100 billion in annual IT spend and subscribe to unlock full access to The Stack’s analysis and events. Subscribe now Already a member? Sign in", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/spacexai-open-sources-grok-coding-harness-after-data-scrapping-scandal", "canonical_source": "https://www.thestack.technology/grok-build-cli-open-source-spacex-xai/", "published_at": "2026-07-16 10:55:58+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-16 11:25:59.308123+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-ethics", "ai-tools", "ai-products", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["SpaceXAI", "Grok"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/spacexai-open-sources-grok-coding-harness-after-data-scrapping-scandal", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/spacexai-open-sources-grok-coding-harness-after-data-scrapping-scandal.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/spacexai-open-sources-grok-coding-harness-after-data-scrapping-scandal.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/spacexai-open-sources-grok-coding-harness-after-data-scrapping-scandal.jsonld"}}