SpaceXAI’s Grok programming tool was uploading its users’ entire codebase to cloud storage

SpaceXAI's Grok Build AI coding tool was found uploading users' entire codebases, including sensitive data, to Google Cloud. Researchers at Cereblab discovered this excessive data retention, which has since been disabled. Elon Musk stated all previously uploaded data would be deleted and claimed privacy settings are respected, though he requested data retention for debugging. An independent security researcher confirmed the data retention was "excessive" and posed risks to proprietary information and credentials.