Techmeme1d ago

GitHub says it will use Copilot interaction data, including inputs, outputs, and code snippets, to train its AI models starting April 24, unless users opt out (Corbin Davenport/How-To Geek)

https://www.howtogeek.com/githubs-copilot-will-use-you-as-ai-training-data-but-you-can-opt-out/
http://www.techmeme.com/260325/p43#a260325p43

GitHub’s Copilot will use you as AI training data, but you can opt out

That includes the Copilot features in Visual Studio Code.

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@Techmeme I just read the email. It says you can opt out, which is better than having no choice at all and speculating whether your input is used for training or not. I think this is a good thing.
Mar 26 at 3:10amWeb
Show threadeclexic1d ago

@b @Techmeme sorry, I think that's a pretty low bar.

Hey look, they took my entire life's work and stuck it in the plagiarism blender, but they asked first in a place I didn't notice amid the spam they send me.

Edit: not to mention even opting in would be bad, because you would be opting in for code you didn't write if more than one person worked on the code base.

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@theeclecticdyslexic @Techmeme fair