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xAI Open-Sources Grok Build Coding Agent After Cloud Upload Exposes SSH Keys, Repos
DevOps.com·July 20, 2026
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xAI open-sourced Grok Build, its AI coding agent, on GitHub under an Apache 2.0 license following a security incident. A researcher discovered the tool was automatically uploading developer repositories and SSH keys to the cloud without explicit consent.
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xAI has published the full source code for Grok Build, its terminal-based AI coding agent, on GitHub under an Apache 2.0 license. The release lands three days after a security researcher showed the tool quietly shipping entire developer repositories — SSH key…
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