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)

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xAI released Grok Build as Apache 2.0 open source after backlash over repository uploads to Google Cloud.

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<p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260715/p52#a260715p52" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Simon Willison / <a href="http://simonwillison.net/">Simon Willison's Weblog</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/15/grok-build/">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</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; xai-org/grok-build, now open source (via) xAI's grok CLI tool faced severe community backlash yesterday when it became apparent &hellip; </p>

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