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 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 ...

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 ...
InfoWorld

Review: GitHub Copilot preview gives me hope

The Copilot technical preview doesn’t always generate good, correct, or even running code, but it’s still somewhat useful. Future versions could be real time-savers. People have been predicting the ...
VentureBeat

GitHub Copilot expands market for AI code generation with new business plan

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More GitHub Copilot, a programming tool that uses artificial intelligence (AI) ...

'This is horrific': GitHub kills Copilot pull-request ads after user backlash

Developers were (understandably) furious with Copilot and other ads appearing in their pull requests – now GitHub has ...