From the story:

Philippe Caturegli, “chief hacking officer” at the security consultancy Seralys, said the exposed API key allowed access to at least 52 different LLMs used by xAI. The most recent LLM in the list was called “grok-4-0709” and was created on July 9, 2025.

Grok, the generative AI chatbot developed by xAI and integrated into Twitter/X, relies on these and other LLMs (a query to Grok before publication shows Grok currently uses Grok-3, which was launched in Feburary 2025). Earlier today, xAI announced that the Department of Defense will begin using Grok as part of a contract worth up to $200 million. The contract award came less than a week after Grok began spewing antisemitic rants and invoking Adolf Hitler.

Mr. Elez did not respond to a request for comment. The code repository containing the private xAI key was removed shortly after Caturegli notified Elez via email. However, Caturegli said the exposed API key still works and has not yet been revoked.

@nazgul

this is exactly why the GOP/conservatives are dismantling worker protections, unions, public health care, public education, etc.

they want the majority of the population so desperate and grateful for the crumbs of pay/health care that only a full time job for a company above a certain size can get them. they want us all one paycheck away from bankruptcy at all times. UBI, universal health care, OSHA, unions, good/free public education threaten their fragile control.