Z.ai open-sources ZCode after uploads

Digitimes↗, Seoul Economic Daily↗, RuntimeWire↗, SCMP, Silicon UK↗ and Tom's Hardware↗ report that Z.ai (Zhipu AI) open-sourced its ZCode coding tool after developers discovered it had silently uploaded local workspace data to cloud servers without consent. The company apologized and said it fixed the issue, but developers remain skeptical about data retention and server-side security.

South China Morning Post: “Chinese AI firm Z.ai faces reputation hit after users spot unauthorised uploads”+8 more →

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Z.ai open-sources ZCode after uploads

• South China Morning PostChinese AI firm Z.ai faces reputation hit after users spot unauthorised uploads↗
• Tom's HardwareDevs say Chinese AI company silently uploaded hundreds of megabytes of local workspace data, company apologizes — Z.AI, the firm behind the GLM models, didn’t ask for user consent and made 564 attempts to exfiltrate 313MB archive↗
• Seoul Economic DailyChina's Zhipu AI Accused of Sending User Project Files Offsite↗
• DigiTimesZ.ai's ZCode crisis exposes AI coding's enterprise trust gap↗
• Silicon UKDevelopers Complain After Z.ai's ZCode Sends Data To Cloud↗
• RuntimeWireZ.ai open-sources ZCode after its coding agent uploaded Git histories↗

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