China's Z.ai disables AI coding assistant features after security issue
* Z.ai says bug originated from default-enabled feature * Rare security disclosure from Chinese AI lab * Independent review found user data was deleted from cloud --Z.ai By Laurie Chen BEIJING, Sept
Chinese AI startup Z.ai has disabled some features of its AI coding assistant, ZCode, after users reported that it was uploading their local code repositories to overseas cloud servers without consent. The issue originated from a default-enabled feature called "Codebase Indexing", according to Z.ai.
The incident was made public after Chinese developers reported on social media that ZCode had uploaded their code data from the open-source platform Git to Alibaba Cloud. Z.ai apologized in a social media post and stated that it had patched the software vulnerability.
According to The Indian Express, this is a rare public disclosure of a security breach by a Chinese AI lab. Z.ai has promised to establish an ongoing product security vulnerability reporting and response process.
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