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 ...

Microsoft has denied the GitHub Copilot ad reports and told Windows Latest that it does not plan to show ads on GitHub.

GitHub Copilot embedded unsolicited product tips in pull requests that clearly look like advertising. These supposedly friendly tips are found not only in pull requests created by Copilot but also in ...

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

Developers who report a high degree of understanding of their code feel 42% more productive than those with low or no understanding, research from GitHub has found. While this may seem obvious, ...

A routine typo fix turned into a corporate trust crisis for GitHub this week, after a developer discovered that GitHub Copilot had ...