EpisodeThursday, July 16, 2026 · 24 min
$episode№071·date2026-07-16·duration24 min·turns175
xAI's Coding Agent Shipped Your Whole Repo, Consent Toggle or Not
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xAI's Coding Agent Shipped Your Whole Repo, Consent Toggle or Not
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xAI's coding agent uploaded entire developer repositories even after users tried to opt out — the consent toggle never actually controlled it. Plus the UK's next Prime Minister reportedly drafting foreign-ownership limits on data centers, and a computer that works by getting warm instead of fighting heat.
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HOST A
Welcome to Amaze Networks for Thursday, July sixteenth.
HOST B
Can I just jump in? There's a story from overnight I have not stopped thinking about, and it's about a coding tool with a privacy switch that didn't actually do anything.
HOST A
Wait, an off switch that doesn't turn anything off?
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