Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by pavo-etc » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 4:04 AM UTC

Copilot edited an ad into my PR
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Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

#2

Post by nialse » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 4:57 AM UTC

Microsoft injecting permanent ads in PRs? Has this been independently confirmed?

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Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by dinakernel » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 5:24 AM UTC

Seriously? Dont they want their system to succeed? I cant think of a better way of alienating the target customer than this.

Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by daemin » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 5:25 AM UTC

Using a LLM to fix a spelling mistake is retardedly lazy.

Presumably they used a free version of the LLM, therefore it is completely understandable that it inserted a snippet of text advertising its use into the output. I mean using a free email provider also adds a line of text to the end of every email advertising the service by default - "Sent from iPhone" etc.

Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by hexasquid » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 5:25 AM UTC

I'm so tired of what initially looks like a perfect normal communication between two people, only to find that some third party has inserted itself like a parasite to exploit and extract human attention. That's why I use our sponsor, nord vpn ...

Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by LeoPanthera » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 5:28 AM UTC

daemin wrote: post #4

Using a LLM to fix a spelling mistake is retardedly lazy. Presumably they used a free version of the LLM, therefore it is completely understandable that it inserted a snippet of text advertising its use into the output. I mean using a free email provider also adds a line of text to the end of every email advertising the service by default - "Sent from iPhone" etc.

This comment is shockingly ableist.

Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by pants2 » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 5:28 AM UTC

Was Raycast bought by GitHub or something? Why would it be advertising for Raycast?

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Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by WD-42 » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 5:28 AM UTC

Why is copilot doing this? If they wanted to show ads couldn’t they… just show ads? Or is GitHub such a house of cards at this point that editing pr descriptions is the only way without risking another 9 of downtime?

Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by with » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 5:29 AM UTC

Everyone is doing this now. Granted, on Codex / Claude Code, you can disable it, it’s not the default to have it disabled. For some reason on Cursor, they keep shoving the “Made with Cursor” into my PR description despite me disabling attribution, which looks really stupid on a work PR.

I’m so tired of all this BS. Why did this become normal? and how do we not read this as cheap advertising?

Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by post_below » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 5:29 AM UTC

Assuming this isn't a hoax, this seems like a huge, probably unintentional, mistake by MS.

If they genuinely implemented something like this, whatever they made from new customers via ads couldn't possibly make up for the loss of good faith with developers and businesses.

I suppose if it's real we'll see more reports soon, and maybe a mea culpa.