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Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by dist-epoch »

politelemon wrote: post #102
pinkmuffinere wrote: post #16

I think they want the free advertisement, like Apple with its “sent from iPhone” addendums. But “sent from iPhone” is sometimes useful, and significantly shorter. If they just left it at “edited with copilot” I think it would be tolerable

> But “sent from iPhone” is sometimes useful, No, it is still an advert, and not useful in the least.

When they added this it was extremely useful - it signaled that you could afford an iPhone. It was really easy to delete, yet people not only didn't, but they would go out of their way to respond from the iPhone just so that they could plausibly have this status symbol on their email.

Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by dist-epoch »

ahoka wrote: post #173
supernes wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Sent from iPhone" doesn't contain a call to action, and doesn't exalt the features of the product.

It's still advertisement of the shittiest kind. Comment made using Mozilla Firefox.

You misunderstood it's purpose:

Sent from iPhone - desirable cool rich person

Made using Mozilla Firefox - poor uncool nerd

Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by heavyset_go »

neya wrote: post #223
heavyset_go wrote: post #197

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can opt out with all three (Codex, Claude, Copilot) except for Gemini

> except for Gemini This is incorrect. If you are a paid subscriber, Gemini explicitly states it doesn't use your data to train its models.

Yeah you're right, I filed it away as no opt out for some reason

Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by etiennebausson »

baliex wrote: post #128
ZeroGravitas wrote: post #116

Claude will add itself as a contributor to a PR, which I consider an ad.

To play devil’s advocate^, wouldn’t it be plagiarism if it didn’t? ^I find that turn of phrase to be particularly pleasing in this context.

No, it is a tool.

My IDE doesn't pretend to be a cohauthor of my work, neither should an LLM.

Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by g947o »

neya wrote: post #221
heavyset_go wrote: post #192

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OpenAI/ChatGPT/Codex, Anthropic/Claude and Google/Gemini all do this.

> OpenAI/ChatGPT/Codex, Anthropic/Claude and Google/Gemini all do this. 1. Everyone doing this doesn't mean it's acceptable. 2. Google Gemini explicitly says right under the chat box if you are a paid subscriber (Workspace): Your chats aren’t used to improve our models. Gemini is AI and can make mistakes. Not sure about the others.

I think anyone using a "Team" or enterprise plan of ChatGPT/Claude/Copilot doesn't have their data used for training, that's the same across the board.

Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by chimpanzee2 »

neya wrote: post #182

I feel like there is an even more important crisis that is being masked over here: https://github.blog/changelog/2026-03-25-updates-to-our-priv... New Section J — AI features, training, and your data: We’ve added a dedicated section that brings all AI-related terms together in one place. Unless you opt out, you grant GitHub and our affiliates a license to collect and use your inputs (e.g., prompts and code context) a…

Looks like you can disable it though:

https://github.com/settings/copilot/features

-> Privacy -> "Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training"

Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by cmiles8 »

As companies get more and more desperate to show profitable use of AI expect more and more of these Hail Mary attempts to get traction.

The runway on free cash to fund the current bonanza is running out and crunch time is near.

Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by Hizonner »

masswerk wrote: post #133
politelemon wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> But “sent from iPhone” is sometimes useful, No, it is still an advert, and not useful in the least.

Back in the day, it was useful, as in, "Expect awkward phrasing and unintended effects of autocorrection, because mobile device. This message doesn't necessarily reflect the intent of the sender." (Considerate users would/could edit the signature to something w/o a product name in it.) Nowadays, this is pretty much the norm and no explicit warning ist required anymore.

So an automatic "I am a lazy piece of shit and think my time and convenience are worth more than yours" warning? I guess that's useful.
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