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GitHub: We Going to Train on Your Data After All
GitHub will use Copilot interaction data from private repositories to enhance AI model accuracy and security; users can opt out while business and educational customers are exempt.
- Starting next month, Microsoft's GitHub will begin using customer interaction data—"specifically inputs, outputs, code snippets, and associated context"—to train AI models for Copilot Free and Pro customers effective April 24.
- Mario Rodriguez, GitHub's Chief Product Officer, claims the change improves AI model performance; interaction data from Microsoft employees has already led to meaningful improvements in suggestion acceptance rates.
- Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise users remain exempt from data collection, as do students and teachers; collected data spans file names, repository structure, comments, documentation, and feedback ratings.
- To opt out, users should visit /settings/copilot/features and disable "Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training" under the Privacy heading, redefining what "GitHub private* repositories" means.
- Users responded with 59 thumbs-down votes and just three rocket ships; GitHub justifies the policy by citing "established industry practices" similar to those at Anthropic and JetBrains.
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