1.5M GitHub pull requests have had ads injected into them by Microsoft Copilot(neowin.net)
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1.5M GitHub pull requests have had ads injected into them by Microsoft Copilot
https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-copilot-is-now-injecting-ads-into-pull-requests-on-github-gitlab/
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We've merged the comments thither. Thanks!
Say hello to the future of the programming. It might take a few years, but eventually this will be standard procedure. You'll start seeing them in the interactions you have with the agent, then in comments, then maybe the agent will offer to throw together a nice little demo of something for you free of charge, just to show you your options.
Example of multiple items discussing the same topic, both on https://news.ycombinator.com/active
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47570269
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47575212
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47570269
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47575212
[dupe] Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47570269
It’s a dupe but I hope the discussion continues in this more general thread. That other thread was earlier but more of an individual POV that doesn’t make it obvious there was ecosystem impact.
The article barely expands on the source content. Either way it's the same discussion. And there's lots of it. Over there.
The original looked like a one-off
The article shows thousands of adverts, millions if you look more widely. It massively changes the scale.
The article shows thousands of adverts, millions if you look more widely. It massively changes the scale.
Which was pointed out by a HN user in the comments of that post. This article claims they suddenly found out the same thing through research. Sure.
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response from timrogers (product manager at github):
"Tim from the Copilot coding agent team here. We've now disabled these tips in pull requests created by or touched by Copilot, so you won't see this happen again for future PRs.
We've been including product tips in PRs created by Copilot coding agent. The goal was to help developers learn new ways to use the agent in their workflow. But hearing the feedback here, and on reflection, this was the wrong judgement call. We won't do something like this again."
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47573233