SpaceXAI open-sources Grok Build under an Apache 2.0 license after the tool had uploaded user repositories to a Google Cloud bucket, causing a severe backlash (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
The Grok Build release followed privacy blowback over repository uploads, and Simon Willison found the newly published CLI spans 844,000 lines of Rust.
Techmeme’s item points to SpaceXAI’s Apache 2.0 open-source release and the company’s posts saying users could disable data upload and that limits were reset. The backlash centered on reports that Grok Build had packaged and uploaded user repositories to a Google Cloud bucket. Willison says he inspected the opened code and highlighted pieces including a terminal renderer for Mermaid diagrams. Techmeme's note
Techmeme’s item points to SpaceXAI’s Apache 2.0 open-source release and the company’s posts saying users could disable data upload and that limits were reset. The backlash centered on reports that Grok Build had packaged and uploaded user repositories to a Google Cloud bucket. Willison says he inspected the opened code and highlighted pieces including a terminal renderer for Mermaid diagrams. Techmeme's note
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