Copilot is now injecting ads into GitHub pull requests. It's a disaster.

A developer caught Copilot adding promotional "tips" to code descriptions, highlighting a messy new era of AI slop.

GitHub backs down, kills Copilot pull-request ads after backlash

Following backlash from developers, GitHub has removed Copilot's ability to stick ads - what it calls "tips" - into any pull request that invokes its name.  Australian developer Zach Manson noted on ...
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GitHub Copilot Injected Ads Into 1.5 Million Pull Requests

GitHub Copilot has injected promotional messages into over 1.5 million pull requests, prompting GitHub to disable the feature ...
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GitHub Copilot prompt injection flaw leaked sensitive data from private repos

Hidden comments in pull requests analyzed by Copilot Chat leaked AWS keys from users’ private repositories, demonstrating yet another way prompt injection attacks can unfold. In a new case that ...

GitHub Reverses Course And Will Train AI On Your Copilot Data Unless You Opt Out

Starting on April 24th, all GitHub Copilot interaction data including inputs, outputs, code snippets, and associated context from Copilot Free, Pro, and Pro+ users will be used to train GitHub's AI ...

Microsoft Copilot is now injecting ads into pull requests on GitHub

It was inevitable. After three years in the ad-free "honeymoon" phase, ads are slowly creeping into generative AI products, including Copilot.