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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Technology
Dani Oh

Grok Build Uploaded Entire Repositories When It Only Needed Parts of the Code, Researchers Say

A serene blue sky adorned with fluffy clouds and an xAI logo (Credit: xAI Grok Build promo video screenshot grok.com/build)

xAI's Grok Build CLI coding tool uploaded entire Git repositories instead of only the files needed for coding tasks, according to security researchers who analysed the tool's data transfers.

The findings raised questions over how AI coding assistants handle private developer data as companies increasingly allow these tools to access internal software projects, source code and other sensitive material.

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