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

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

The Register
@mttaggart What are they doing now that we're not paying attention to?

@drwho @mttaggart

Hearing feedback from the community following Manson's post and the kerfuffle it generated, Rogers said, has helped him realize that "on reflection," letting Copilot make changes to PRs written by a human without their knowledge "was the wrong judgement call."

@tootbrute
I want to say: what a silly thing to say! It wasn’t a “judgement call” at all! 🤷‍♀️ But I’m just responding to the quote & nothing more than that…
@Su_G corporate speak. non-apology-apology.
@tootbrute
“Corporate speak non-apology apology”: So true! 😐