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Re: Grok Build is open source

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Post by eikenberry » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 9:25 PM UTC

SimianSci wrote: post #6

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Aside from their CEO are they really that different from the other big US players? OpenAI, Anthropic and Google all have proven themselves to be untrustworthy as well. We should accept that we have an adversarial relationship with all these companies and shouldn't invest to much in any of them. Use them for what they are worth while the technology matures but be prepared to move on.

Re: Grok Build is open source

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Post by jamiequint » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 9:25 PM UTC

agartner wrote: post #9

jamiequint wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you have any examples to illustrate these extraordinary claims?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48892468

read the top comment

Re: Grok Build is open source

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Post by lifthrasiir » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 9:25 PM UTC

Is this the infamous "cloud upload" routine? I'm not sure it is indeed insidious, though it is of course possible that the code has been filtered out. https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build/blob/main/crates/codeg...

Re: Grok Build is open source

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Post by losvedir » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 9:25 PM UTC

But I thought just cutting and pasting your whole source code file into grok.com was the way to go? Better than a harness like Cursor.

https://xcancel.com/elonmusk/status/1943178423947661609

Re: Grok Build is open source

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Post by ryandrake » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 9:25 PM UTC

jamiequint wrote: post #7

SimianSci wrote: post #6

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Do you have any examples to illustrate these extraordinary claims?

https://boingboing.net/2026/01/06/x-faces-global-investigati...

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/grok-s...

Re: Grok Build is open source

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Post by munificent » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 9:25 PM UTC

make_it_sure wrote: post #10

SimianSci wrote: post #6

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getting into politics again...

How is it possible for deciding whether or not to build on the labor of some other organized group of people to not be politics?

Re: Grok Build is open source

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Post by mplewis » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 9:26 PM UTC

eikenberry wrote: post #31

SimianSci wrote: post #6

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Aside from their CEO are they really that different from the other big US players? OpenAI, Anthropic and Google all have proven themselves to be untrustworthy as well. We should accept that we have an adversarial relationship with all these companies and shouldn't invest to much in any of them. Use them for what they are worth while the technology matures but be prepared to move on.

Oh yeah, aside from their CEO? OK.

Re: Grok Build is open source

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Post by whalesalad » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 9:26 PM UTC

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Re: Grok Build is open source

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Post by ofjcihen » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 9:26 PM UTC

justinkramp wrote: post #3

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Honestly a great question. I mean if it’s open source someone will check (I don’t use xAI but believe me I would be checking first if I did).

Re: Grok Build is open source

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Post by greggoB » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 9:26 PM UTC

jamiequint wrote: post #15

tadfisher wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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The comment actually describes a known social process, with a reasonable base assumption given that said leadership has shown a pattern in this regard.

Just throwing out debate terms in response seems not so serious, tbh.