Devs say Chinese AI company silently uploaded hundreds of megabytes of local workspace data, company apologizes

AI News September 22, 2026 12:00 AM

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

Devs say Chinese AI company silently uploaded hundreds of megabytes of local workspace data, company apologizes

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