GitHub CoPilot edits advertisement into user's PR https://notes.zachmanson.com/copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr/
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"Over 1.5 million GitHub pull requests have had ads injected into them by Microsoft Copilot's coding agent" https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-copilot-is-now-injecting-ads-into-pull-requests-on-github-gitlab/
Microsoft rolled it back and used the most weasel'y wording language imagineable to say they did so https://twitter.com/martinwoodward/status/2038612131084464521
> We've disabled it already. Basically it was giving product tips which was kinda ok on Copilot originated PR's but then when we added the ability to have Copilot work on _any_ PR by mentioning it the behaviour became icky. Disabled product tips entirely thanks to the feedback.
"product tips" lmao
Thanks for looking at this pull request! As a tip, try enjoying a delicious can of White Monster while you review it!
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"Over 1.5 million GitHub pull requests have had ads injected into them by Microsoft Copilot's coding agent" https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-copilot-is-now-injecting-ads-into-pull-requests-on-github-gitlab/
Microsoft rolled it back and used the most weasel'y wording language imagineable to say they did so https://twitter.com/martinwoodward/status/2038612131084464521
> We've disabled it already. Basically it was giving product tips which was kinda ok on Copilot originated PR's but then when we added the ability to have Copilot work on _any_ PR by mentioning it the behaviour became icky. Disabled product tips entirely thanks to the feedback.
"product tips" lmao
@cwebber The ads are in the commit messages, or the committed code? (It wasn't obvious to me after reading the article, but I probably missed it.)
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@cwebber The ads are in the commit messages, or the committed code? (It wasn't obvious to me after reading the article, but I probably missed it.)
@fullyabstract@fosstodon.org @cwebber@social.coop In the commit discussion/messages. Not the code itself.
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"Over 1.5 million GitHub pull requests have had ads injected into them by Microsoft Copilot's coding agent" https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-copilot-is-now-injecting-ads-into-pull-requests-on-github-gitlab/
Microsoft rolled it back and used the most weasel'y wording language imagineable to say they did so https://twitter.com/martinwoodward/status/2038612131084464521
> We've disabled it already. Basically it was giving product tips which was kinda ok on Copilot originated PR's but then when we added the ability to have Copilot work on _any_ PR by mentioning it the behaviour became icky. Disabled product tips entirely thanks to the feedback.
"product tips" lmao
@cwebber Also "kinda" and "icky" feel horribly out of place in that context -
"Over 1.5 million GitHub pull requests have had ads injected into them by Microsoft Copilot's coding agent" https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-copilot-is-now-injecting-ads-into-pull-requests-on-github-gitlab/
Microsoft rolled it back and used the most weasel'y wording language imagineable to say they did so https://twitter.com/martinwoodward/status/2038612131084464521
> We've disabled it already. Basically it was giving product tips which was kinda ok on Copilot originated PR's but then when we added the ability to have Copilot work on _any_ PR by mentioning it the behaviour became icky. Disabled product tips entirely thanks to the feedback.
"product tips" lmao
@cwebber Somewhere in Redmond, a product manager circles today's date on a 2027 calendar: "Relaunch pull request ads."
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"Over 1.5 million GitHub pull requests have had ads injected into them by Microsoft Copilot's coding agent" https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-copilot-is-now-injecting-ads-into-pull-requests-on-github-gitlab/
Microsoft rolled it back and used the most weasel'y wording language imagineable to say they did so https://twitter.com/martinwoodward/status/2038612131084464521
> We've disabled it already. Basically it was giving product tips which was kinda ok on Copilot originated PR's but then when we added the ability to have Copilot work on _any_ PR by mentioning it the behaviour became icky. Disabled product tips entirely thanks to the feedback.
"product tips" lmao
@cwebber i like how at the bottom of the article about the ads, there's a message about how you should disable your ad blocker for the website
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"Over 1.5 million GitHub pull requests have had ads injected into them by Microsoft Copilot's coding agent" https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-copilot-is-now-injecting-ads-into-pull-requests-on-github-gitlab/
Microsoft rolled it back and used the most weasel'y wording language imagineable to say they did so https://twitter.com/martinwoodward/status/2038612131084464521
> We've disabled it already. Basically it was giving product tips which was kinda ok on Copilot originated PR's but then when we added the ability to have Copilot work on _any_ PR by mentioning it the behaviour became icky. Disabled product tips entirely thanks to the feedback.
"product tips" lmao
@cwebber Claude Code has started adding "Made with Claude Code" to PR descriptions and "Coauthored-By" on commits. This appears to be hardcoded in its system prompt.
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@cwebber i like how at the bottom of the article about the ads, there's a message about how you should disable your ad blocker for the website
@vv classic
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@cwebber Claude Code has started adding "Made with Claude Code" to PR descriptions and "Coauthored-By" on commits. This appears to be hardcoded in its system prompt.
@freakazoid @cwebber this to me is a good thing, for accountability. though im sure you can instruct it to not do that. and of course you can rewrite your git history.
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@cwebber Claude Code has started adding "Made with Claude Code" to PR descriptions and "Coauthored-By" on commits. This appears to be hardcoded in its system prompt.
I support this. Makes it easier to tell if I need to be on higher alert than normal when looking at the work.
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@cwebber Also "kinda" and "icky" feel horribly out of place in that context
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