Back to News

Z.AI open sources ZCode, disables features after codebase upload complaints

#z.ai#zcode#open source#ai coding

Chinese startup Z.AI said on Monday it had disabled some features of its flagship AI coding assistant ZCode after users reported it was uploading codebases to overseas servers without consent. The company also open sourced ZCode, the coding harness, in response to the concerns.

Coverage timeline

  1. Techmeme

    Laurie Chen / Reuters : Z.AI open sources its coding harness ZCode and disables certain features after users said ZCode was uploading codebases onto overseas servers without consent — Chinese startup Z.ai said on Monday it had disabled some features of its flagship AI coding assistant after some users reported …