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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

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Post by chistev »

moralestapia wrote: post #92
kepano wrote: post #12

I'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

Thank you for your service. We really need more "canaries in the mine" giving out early warnings of things that might not be evident on a first glance. Any takes on what 2029 will look like? (related to this topic, ofc)

Now this is sarcasm. Lol

Re: If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your private repos

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Post by slowhadoken »

kepano wrote: post #12

I'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

I’m still concerned about MS using the code I write on my laptop to train AI. Tinfoil hat wearing Linux users are starting to make a lot of sense to me.

Re: If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your private repos

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Post by darthoctopus »

chistev wrote: post #109
miohtama wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Microsoft would never do this (-:

I don't like when people make sarcastic remarks and sign off in a way that indicates it was sarcasm. It kills it for me. Lol. Like using that /s or using that smiling emoji sign you used. A good joke would land even if some other people miss it because of the text format. "Microsoft would never do this" would have landed for me.

subtlety is dead on the internet of the lowest common denominator, and that enabled by AI assistance is very low indeed

Re: If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your private repos

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Post by happytoexplain »

martinwoodward wrote: post #43

No we won’t. Details here https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/updates-to-gi... For users of Free, Pro and Pro+ Copilot, if you don’t opt out then we will start collecting usage data of Copilot for use in model training. If you are a subscriber for Business or Pro we do not train on usage. The blog post covers more details but we do not train on private repo data at rest, just interaction data with Copilot.…

As others have pointed out, this is somewhat dishonest. Which is depressing, if you represent GitHub.

Re: If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your private repos

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Post by nottorp »

Supermancho wrote: post #6
kristianp wrote: post #5

What's a good alternative for free private repos?

Gitlab? Microsoft services are tech debt. I moved the moment they were acquired and never regretted it.

I opened gitlab.com and it starts with

"Finally, AI for the entire software lifecycle."

Not very trust inspiring, that.

Can I even have git hosting without anything else being crammed down my throat, or it's just like Microsoft?

Re: If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your private repos

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Post by arcanemachiner »

jmward01 wrote: post #81
hedayet wrote: post #25

To Github's credit, they have been showing a banner consistently. To my discredit - I never bothered to read that banner until I saw this HN headline

I've never seen the banner. Where does this show up?

It's been on top of the web UI for 2 or 3 days now.

You might have closed it...

Just go to your account settings and find the opt-out option.

Re: If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your private repos

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Post by wswope »

martinwoodward wrote: post #43

No we won’t. Details here https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/updates-to-gi... For users of Free, Pro and Pro+ Copilot, if you don’t opt out then we will start collecting usage data of Copilot for use in model training. If you are a subscriber for Business or Pro we do not train on usage. The blog post covers more details but we do not train on private repo data at rest, just interaction data with Copilot.…

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Re: If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your private repos

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Post by Jabrov »

martinwoodward wrote: post #43

No we won’t. Details here https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/updates-to-gi... For users of Free, Pro and Pro+ Copilot, if you don’t opt out then we will start collecting usage data of Copilot for use in model training. If you are a subscriber for Business or Pro we do not train on usage. The blog post covers more details but we do not train on private repo data at rest, just interaction data with Copilot.…

Can't you just make it opt-in?

No? Because no one would opt-in, you say?

Wow. It's almost like this is a user-hostile feature that breaks the implicit promise behind a "private" repo.

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