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GitHub Copilot Injected Ads Into 1.5 Million Pull Requests

GitHub Copilot has injected promotional messages into over 1.5 million pull requests, prompting GitHub to disable the feature ...

GitHub backs down, kills Copilot pull-request ads after backlash

Following backlash from developers, GitHub has removed Copilot's ability to stick ads - what it calls "tips" - into any pull request that invokes its name.  Australian developer Zach Manson noted on ...

Copilot is now injecting ads into GitHub pull requests. It's a disaster.

A developer caught Copilot adding promotional "tips" to code descriptions, highlighting a messy new era of AI slop.

GitHub pulls Copilot "feature" after it added advertising to more than 11,000 pull requests

"Quickly spin up Copilot coding agents from anywhere on your macOS or Windows machine with Raycast," the note said, ...

GitHub to use Copilot interaction data for AI model training

GitHub Copilot already ruffled feathers when it first arrived. and now it's going to use your interactions with it to train ...

GitHub Reverses Course And Will Train AI On Your Copilot Data Unless You Opt Out

Starting on April 24th, all GitHub Copilot interaction data including inputs, outputs, code snippets, and associated context from Copilot Free, Pro, and Pro+ users will be used to train GitHub's AI ...

GitHub Copilot will use your data for AI training by default, but you can opt out

GitHub describes this training data as inputs, outputs, code snippets, and associated context, but the fine print goes into ...