Is it legal ? Surely not in any EU countries.

If this doesn't sound bad enough, it's possible that Copilot is already enabled. As we know this kind of features are pushed to users instead of being asked for.

Maybe it's already active in our accounts and we don't realize it, so our code will be used to train the AI.

Now we can't be sure if this will happen or not, but a company like GitHub should be staying miles away from this kind of policy. I personally wouldn't use GitHub for private corporate repositories. Only as a public web interface for public repos.

> Content from your issues, discussions, or private repositories at rest. We use the phrase “at rest” deliberately because Copilot does process code from private repositories when you are actively using Copilot. This interaction data is required to run the service and could be used for model training unless you opt out.

Sounds like it's even likely to train on content from private repositories. This feels like a bit of an overstep to me.

ill be moving off github now

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As it's enabled by default, does that mean everything has already been siphoned off and now I'm just closing the gate behind the animals escaping?

Shit like this shouldn't be allowed.

> From April 24 onward, interaction data—specifically inputs, outputs, code snippets, and associated context—from Copilot Free, Pro, and Pro+ users will be used to train and improve our AI models unless they opt out.

Now is the time to run off of GitHub and consider Codeberg or self hosting like I said before. [0]

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22867803

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