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EXPOSED: China's z.ai Coding Tool Was Secretly Uploading Developer Code to Alibaba Cloud Servers
AIM Network's upload has reached 13.5K views — about 8.3× the ≈1.6K this channel typically draws at the same age.
Key facts
- •8.3x AIM Network's own 90-day median — this channel normally draws about 1.6K views at the same age.
- •13.5K views so far, published 14 days ago.
- •Category: Science & Technology · Language: en · Quality: HD
- •"Breakout" is measured against this exact channel's trailing 90-day median at matching video age — not a generic niche average.
Updated 2026-09-22 17:50 UTC
View trajectory
Views this upload has gathered since it published, last measured about 168h in — from our own tracking.
Published Sep 22, 2026 · 14 days ago. How breakouts are measured →
From the creator
z.ai has disabled key features in its coding assistant after reports that local code repositories were uploaded without consent. Developers recently discovered that the z.ai coding assistant was automatically preparing local files and Git repositories for upload to Alibaba Cloud. This incident has triggered widespread…
Category: Science & Technology · Language: en · Quality: HD
Topics: Technology
Tags: Z.AI, AI coding assistant, data privacy, privacy, glm 5.2, what is data privacy, ai, ai agents, z ai, artificial intelligence, glm-5.2, ai agent tutorial
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