GitHub hits CTRL-Z, decides it will train its AI with user data after all

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• driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What if people start sending malicious code to github? Poisoning the AI model

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  • poop@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s what I tell myself I’m doing when I push more poorly written code to one of my repos

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• artwork@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The data GitHub wants includes:

  - Model outputs that have been accepted or modified;
  - Model inputs including code snippets shown;
  - Code context surrounding your cursor position;
  - Comments and documentation you’ve written;
  - File names and repo structure;
  - Interactions with Copilot features (e.g. chats); and
  - Feedback (e.g. thumbs up/down ratings)…

  As the FAQs explain: “If a Copilot user has their settings set to enable model training on their interaction data, code snippets from private repositories can be collected and used for model training while the user is actively engaged with Copilot while working in that repository.”

  Source: theregister.com/…/github_ai_training_policy_chang…

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• who@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  To opt out, GitHub users should visit /settings/copilot/features and disable “Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training” under the Privacy heading.

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  • RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Do you guys really believe these opt-out buttons do anything?

    Not /s btw, genuine question.

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    • kilgore_trout@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Maybe. But I wonder how would it apply: are my contributions to another user’s repository still used for training if that user didn’t opt out.

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    • arty@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      To mirror your question: do you really believe that a significant fraction of users will uncheck this checkbox?

      Personally, I think only a few percent will do this and Microsoft does not care about losing their data.

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    • TacoSocks@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Placbo buttons to boil the frog.

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• mrnobody@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Color me shocked! Jk everybody saw that coming… It was probably hinted at to get reactions, then went ahead when people didn’t bitch too much.

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• brown567@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’d say I should pull my code from it, but I’m bad enough at coding that I think I’ll leave it to poison the well

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• umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  of course. that’s why microslop has it.

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• onlinepersona@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  People still won’t leave 🤷

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  • ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m home sick today. Gonna start migrating my shit away from there

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    • onlinepersona@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I stand corrected. Luckily 👍

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