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All user data that xAI had uploaded prior to this point will be completely and utterly deleted, as a precautionary measure.

Elon Musk responded to the backlash by promising that all previously uploaded user data would be entirely deleted. ✦ AI generated

Elon Musk · Simon Willison's Weblog · 2026-07-15 · original ↗

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I've not seen an official explanation for why it was doing this, but xAI did respond to the feedback (Musk: "As a precautionary measure, all user data that was uploaded to SpaceXAI before now will be completely and utterly deleted.") and have disabled the feature.

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Running xAI's grok CLI tool in a directory could silently upload that entire directory—including sensitive files like SSH keys and password manager databases—to xAI's Google Cloud buckets.Simon Willison · Simon Willison's Weblog · conf 65%

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supports → By deleting all retained data, turning off retention by default, and open-sourcing the harness, xAI now offers complete user privacy, including the option to run Grok Build fully local with your own inference.xAI · Simon Willison's Weblog