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But it isn't a feature, so using a feature flag is a bit weird.
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"Please think like a developer" lmao if I said this to someone at my dayjob I'd be gone.
Updates to GitHub Copilot interaction data usage policy
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#102What is the legal basis of this in the EU? Ignoring the fact they could end up stealing IP, it seems like the collected information could easily contain PII, and consent would have to be > freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous. In order to obtain freely given consent, it must be given on a voluntary basis.
I actually don’t seem to have this option on my GitHub settings page, which leads me to wonder if this only applies to Americans.
I have the setting in Australia.
I'd be curious to see which countries are affected
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#103It’s not clear to me how GitHub would enforce the “we don’t use enterprise repos” stuff alongside “we will use free tier copilot for training”. A user can be a contributor to a private repository, but not have that repository owner organisation’s license to use copilot. They can still use their personal free tier copilot on that repository. How can enterprises be confident that their IP isn’t being absorbed into the…
Quite simply, that's just a matter of the corporate internal policy and its (lack of) enforcement. This problem is just a subset of the wider IP breach with some people happily feeding their work documents into the free tier of ChatGPT.
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#104I am not certain this is that big of a deal outside of "making AI better". At this point, is there any magic in software development? If you have super-secret-content is a third party the best location?
They've had ample access to the final output - our code, but they still hope with enough data on HOW we work they can close the agentic gap and finally get those stinky, lazy humans that demand salary out of the loop.
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#105So, how does this work with source-available code, that’s still licensed as proprietary - or released under a license which requires attribution? If someone takes that code and pokes around on it with a free tier copilot account, GitHub will just absorb it into their model - even if it’s explicitly against that code’s license to do so?
Most of the new culture and website contents is under full copyright. How much of an obstacle was that to these companies?
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#106Fun fact: Copilot gives you no way to ignore sensitive files with API keys, passwords, DB credentials, etc.: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/11254#discussi... So by default you send all this to Microsoft by opening your IDE.
Sadly, this issue is systemic: https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/2847
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#107Why won't people like to make the models better? Aren't we all getting the benefit after all?
That's akin to being grateful for your local shop owner that they allowed you to sweep the floor for other customers.
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#109Serious question: let's say I host my code on this platform which is proprietary and is for my various clients. Who can guarantee me that AI won't replicate it to competitors who decide to create something similar to my product?
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