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Devs 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 - Tom's Hardware

Tom's Hardware Sep 21, 2026 at 4:59 AM PDT
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An AI company secretly uploaded large amounts of user data without permission and apologized after being caught. This is a serious privacy breach that illustrates real risks from AI tools accessing personal information and why people should be cautious about what software they trust.

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