GitHub Backs Down, Kills Copilot PR ‘Tips’ After Backlash

GitHub backs down, kills Copilot PR ‘tips’ after backlash

: Letting Copilot alter others' PRs was the wrong judgment call, says product manager

Microsoft says Copilot ad in GitHub pull request was a bug, not an advertisement

Developers have alleged that Copilot ads are showing up in GitHub pull requests. However, Microsoft has denied the reports and told Windows Latest that it does not plan to show ads on GitHub. As for alleged Copilot-generated ads on GitHub, the company says it was a bug, and not an intentional move. Thousands of pull requests on GitHub appear to include a Copilot-generated product tip, which looks more like an advertisement than anything else. Th…

Microsoft Copilot is now injecting ads into pull requests on GitHub – OSnews

Why do so many people keep falling for the same trick over and over again? With an over $400 billion gap between the money invested in AI data centers and the actual revenue these products generate, Silicon Valley slowly returned to the tested and trusted playbook: advertising. Now, ads are starting to appear in pull requests generated by Copilot. According to Melbourne-based software developer Zach Manson, a team member used the AI to fix a si…

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

Letting Copilot alter others' PRs was the wrong judgment call, says product manager Microsoft has done a 360. 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. . . .