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Z.AI apologizes over alleged uploads of workspace data without consent

Techmeme, citing Reuters, reports that Z.AI open-sourced its ZCode coding tool and disabled certain features after users alleged it uploaded codebases to overseas servers without consent.

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Tom's Hardware reports that developers accused Z.AI, the company behind the GLM models, of silently uploading local workspace data without consent. The outlet reports 564 attempts to transfer a 313MB archive and says the company apologized. Techmeme, citing Reuters, says Z.AI open-sourced ZCode and disabled certain features following users' allegations of codebase uploads to overseas servers without consent.

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Tom's Hardware@tomshardwareDevs say Chinese AI company silently uploaded hundreds of megabytes of local workspace data, company apologizes — https://Z.AI, the firm behind the GLM models, didn’t ask for user consent and made 564 attempts to exfiltrate 313MB archive https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/devs-say-chinese-ai-company-silently-uploaded-hundreds-of-megabytes-of-local-workspace-data-z-ai-the-firm-behind-the-glm-models-didnt-ask-for-user-consent-and-made-564-attempts-to-exfiltrate-313mb-archive20d
Techmeme@TechmemeZ․AI open sources its coding harness ZCode and disables certain features after users said ZCode was uploading codebases onto overseas servers without consent (@lauriechenwords / Reuters) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)20d
The Register@TheRegisterhttps://Z.ai says sorry for slurping up your code, open sources ZCode https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/09/22/zai-says-sorry-for-slurping-up-your-code-open-sources-zcode/5298300?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter19d
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    Tom's Hardware@tomshardwareDevs say Chinese AI company silently uploaded hundreds of megabytes of local workspace data, company apologizes — https://Z.AI, the firm behind the GLM models, didn’t ask for user consent and made 564 attempts to exfiltrate 313MB archive https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/devs-say-chinese-ai-company-silently-uploaded-hundreds-of-megabytes-of-local-workspace-data-z-ai-the-firm-behind-the-glm-models-didnt-ask-for-user-consent-and-made-564-attempts-to-exfiltrate-313mb-archive20d
    Techmeme@TechmemeZ․AI open sources its coding harness ZCode and disables certain features after users said ZCode was uploading codebases onto overseas servers without consent (@lauriechenwords / Reuters) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)20d
    The Register@TheRegisterhttps://Z.ai says sorry for slurping up your code, open sources ZCode https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/09/22/zai-says-sorry-for-slurping-up-your-code-open-sources-zcode/5298300?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter19d
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