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Gitlab’s AI-assisted code suggestions

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Re: Gitlab’s AI-assisted code suggestions

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Post by dgrin91 »

I wish them luck. While I'm not a huge fan of copilot coding AIs, I understand how they are going to be a killer feature for many and I worry that it would create a big moat for Github. I hope that Gitlab is able to close that gap because I really like Gitlab.

Re: Gitlab’s AI-assisted code suggestions

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Post by RadiozRadioz »

Crucial: do they train on GPL code? If I am to use this tool, I must abide by the license terms of the training data. Even if it is found that the GPL does not cover LLM responses as derivative works, I would prefer to be on the safe side and refuse to use models trained on software with non-permissive licenses unless I am building Free Software.

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Post by mmcclure »

ases wrote: post #4

All the code examples on this page are doubling any brackets ([], {}, ()). How have they managed that? Not a fantastic first impression of its capabilities...

I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume this is a marketing site problem and not a product problem, but either way, not a good look. Reminds me of Google's big Bard announcement including a wrong answer in the image.

Re: Gitlab’s AI-assisted code suggestions

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Post by cassianoleal »

dgrin91 wrote: post #2

I wish them luck. While I'm not a huge fan of copilot coding AIs, I understand how they are going to be a killer feature for many and I worry that it would create a big moat for Github. I hope that Gitlab is able to close that gap because I really like Gitlab.

Codeium [0] seems like a worthy competitor to Copilot already.

[0] https://codeium.com/

Re: Gitlab’s AI-assisted code suggestions

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Post by JoshTriplett »

RadiozRadioz wrote: post #3

Crucial: do they train on GPL code? If I am to use this tool, I must abide by the license terms of the training data. Even if it is found that the GPL does not cover LLM responses as derivative works, I would prefer to be on the safe side and refuse to use models trained on software with non-permissive licenses unless I am building Free Software.

GitLab seems to be a lot more responsive to feedback. It'd be worth asking them if they can publicly document their training set and provide a list of licenses and copyright notices.
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