Researcher: SpaceXAI's Grok Build CLI uploaded user repos to a Google Cloud Storage bucket; uploads have now stopped and Musk says prior uploads will be deleted
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AI dev tooling that quietly ships entire repos to the cloud turns every build into a potential data exfiltration event. If your engineers are adopting new AI CLIs, you need a security review process and default rules on what source code is allowed to leave your network.
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