After a security researcher revealed that xAI’s Grok Build coding assistant had been surreptitiously uploading entire private code repositories—including sensitive credentials—to a Google Cloud storage bucket, rival OpenAI CEO Sam Altman weighed in publicly. He labeled the data privacy issue “concerning” and subsequently noted that the incident underscored a point in favor of tools built on open-source frameworks. In response to the outcry, Elon Musk pledged to release the entire X (formerly Twitter) codebase as open source with no exceptions and to delete all previously uploaded user data, insisting that total transparency is the only credible approach. The controversy highlights escalating tensions between the two tech leaders over data-handling practices and transparency standards.