Grok Build CLI Was Uploading Entire Codebases to Google Cloud
Cereblab caught Grok Build CLI uploading whole repos, with .env files and git history, to a Google Cloud bucket. Opt-out did not work until after disclosure.
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Local AI Bonsai 27B and Inkling Test the Limits of Open Weights Two new open-weight models point in opposite directions: Bonsai brings a 27B model toward phones, while Inkling targets customization at data-center scale. Privacy Claude's web_fetch Tool Leaked User Data Through a Honeypot Anthropic's web_fetch tool let a prompt-injection honeypot walk Claude through user profile URLs and pull a user's name, city, and employer. 
Analysis New York Froze New Data Centers. The Federal Fight Is Next. Hochul's Order 62 freezes permits for 50 MW+ data centers up to a year while NY studies grid, water, and ratepayer costs. FERC is pushing the other way. Latest articles
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Georgia Power Pushes a Family Out to Power AI Data Centers
Georgia Power attributes 70-80% of a new 35-mile transmission line to data centers. A rural family told CBS News: 'It's theft.'
LAPD ALPR Audit: 161 False Stolen-Car Stops in 60 Days
LAPD OIG audit of Aug-Sep 2025 found 161 innocent drivers stopped after ALPR false alerts from 210.5M plate reads. LAPD let its Flock contract expire.
Claude Code Sends 33,000 Tokens Before Reading Your Prompt
Systima pinned Claude Code 2.1.207 and OpenCode 1.17.18 to the same model: Claude Code burns ~32,800 first-turn tokens to OpenCode's ~6,900.
VKUE: Can a 34.7B Reasoner Run on a Laptop Without a GPU?
VIDRAFT_LAB posts Ourbox-35B-JGOS to Hugging Face: 20 tok/s on an 8GB laptop GPU, ~17 tok/s on a CPU-only server, 86.4% on GPQA Diamond.
EFF: AI Moderation Is Now Default, but Appeal Has Not Caught Up
EFF's two-part series argues automated content moderation is now permanent at platform scale, while transparency, human review, and appeal have not kept up.
Apple's Trade-Secret Suit Against OpenAI, Explained
Apple's July 10 lawsuit names Tang Tan, Chang Liu, and 400-plus ex-Apple hires. Here's what the complaint alleges and what it hits at OpenAI.