Published July 15, 2026 ยท Added July 16, 2026

xai-org/grok-build, now open source

Simon Willison reports that xAI open-sourced its Grok CLI after backlash over the coding agent uploading local directories to xAI cloud storage, a privacy and trust dispute around an AI developer tool.

Simon Willison reports that xAI open-sourced its Grok CLI after backlash over the coding agent uploading local directories to xAI cloud storage, a privacy and trust dispute around an AI developer tool.

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Source: Simonwillison