As of April 24 you'll be feeding the Octocat unless you opt out

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[–] 33 points 7 months ago (3 children)

The data GitHub wants includes:

- Model outputs that have been accepted or modified;
- Model inputs including code snippets shown;
- Code context surrounding your cursor position;
- Comments and documentation you've written;
- File names and repo structure;
- Interactions with Copilot features (e.g. chats); and
- Feedback (e.g. thumbs up/down ratings)...

As the FAQs explain: "If a Copilot user has their settings set to enable model training on their interaction data, code snippets from private repositories can be collected and used for model training while the user is actively engaged with Copilot while working in that repository."

Source: https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/26/github_ai_training_policy_changes/

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  • [–] 13 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Yay, it's not enough that most companies store highly confidential code on GitHub, now we will let a PUBLIC agent be trained on them.

    Wonder how long it will take for people to find ways around guardrails and have the model essentially copy the entire codebase of a specific company with a simple prompt.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Do note that GitHub explicitly excludes those with an Enterprise (or other corporate) plan for precisely those reasons.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    They do so now, but here's an update. What's the chance for a few years to reach another one?:
    - "To keep up with global changes, we enabled Copilot for everyone, but there's still an option to opt-out! Plan Pro and up offers such an option just you decide on it! Meanwhile, we hope Copilot will help everyone for free, and with whole 10 tokens we gift you right now!"

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  • [–] 26 points 7 months ago

    Color me shocked! Jk everybody saw that coming... It was probably hinted at to get reactions, then went ahead when people didn't bitch too much.

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  • [–] 42 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    What if people start sending malicious code to github? Poisoning the AI model

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago

    I'd say I should pull my code from it, but I'm bad enough at coding that I think I'll leave it to poison the well

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    People still won't leave 🤷

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