[dupe] Discussion on source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47521799
If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your private repos
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Re: If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your private repos
#52I've been saying this since 2023 > If your data is stored in a database that a company can freely read and access (i.e. not end-to-end encrypted), the company will eventually update their ToS so they can use your data for AI training — the incentives are too strong to resist https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37124188
Yes I think you are right. Even a super ethical company can be taken over. There may be exceptions but it is more luck. I work for a SP500 that absolutely won't dont this and locks down prod access so a rogue staff can't do it. But if Larry or Zuck or Bezos buys them out, who knows.
Re: If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your private repos
#53Time to put adversarial code into GitHub to pollute the training set?
Re: If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your private repos
#54At least they are giving you the option to opt out, many other providers just trained on the source code.
Re: If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your private repos
#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
Edit: Okay, sounds like you guys are pissed to the point where it seems like the pro tip here is to stop using GitHub. Pro tip: sign up for the business/enterprise version when reasonable in price. I do this with Google Workspace. You can also do it with GitHub. (Google doesn’t train on Workspace, Github doesn’t train on business customers, etc)
> Google doesn’t train on Workspace, Github doesn’t train on business customers, etc ...yet
This.
The belief of business users that this will remain true is grounded more in hope than in cold, dispassionate, business based decision making.
If it's not life or death, encrypt every byte of data you send to the cloud.
If it is life or death, you should probably not be letting that data traverse the open internet in any form.
Re: If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your private repos
#56If even one person in a repo does not disable this will copilot have full access to the repo? How can I determine if other members of my team have turned this off or not?
Re: If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your private repos
#57[flagged]
It wasn’t previously opt-in.
Previously we didn’t do any training on usage. However as other products have come into the market they do train on usage. We’ve been training on our internal usage for just over a year and have seen some major improvements. For details see of the types of improvements we’ve seen from training on our internal usage check out this article: https://github.blog/news-insights/product-news/copilot-new-e...
Re: If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your private repos
#58The UI options are also shady af. The setting reads
Enabled - "You will have access to this feature" as help text. Disabled - "You will not have access to this feature".
WTF does that mean?
Re: If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your private repos
#59Time to place some adversarial code into GitHub to pollute training set?
Re: If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your private repos
#60Where does it say it will train on private? This seems like a security nightmare if it trains on hardcoded keys