<![CDATA[GitHub CoPilot edits advertisement into user's PR https://notes.zachmanson.com/copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr/]]>GitHub CoPilot edits advertisement into user's PR https://notes.zachmanson.com/copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/dcebe8e2-dd2f-4d14-86ee-1560ab441d06/github-copilot-edits-advertisement-into-user-s-pr-https-notes.zachmanson.com-copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-prRSS for NodeWed, 08 Apr 2026 03:05:44 GMTMon, 30 Mar 2026 15:03:30 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to GitHub CoPilot edits advertisement into user's PR https://notes.zachmanson.com/copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr/ on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:08:08 GMT]]>@lanodan @cwebber "oopsy-woopsy, we did a fucky-wucky! pwease don't be mad at widdle old us"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bikeshed.vibber.net/users/brooke/statuses/116319458979586160https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bikeshed.vibber.net/users/brooke/statuses/116319458979586160Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:08:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to GitHub CoPilot edits advertisement into user's PR https://notes.zachmanson.com/copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr/ on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:06:15 GMT]]>@freakazoid

I support this. Makes it easier to tell if I need to be on higher alert than normal when looking at the work.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tldr.nettime.org/users/jeremiah/statuses/116319451574398585https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tldr.nettime.org/users/jeremiah/statuses/116319451574398585Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:06:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to GitHub CoPilot edits advertisement into user's PR https://notes.zachmanson.com/copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr/ on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:00:37 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://solarpunk.moe/users/vv/statuses/116319429409435634https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://solarpunk.moe/users/vv/statuses/116319429409435634Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:00:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to GitHub CoPilot edits advertisement into user's PR https://notes.zachmanson.com/copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr/ on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:58:12 GMT]]>@vv classic

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/users/cwebber/statuses/116319419931924529https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/users/cwebber/statuses/116319419931924529Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:58:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to GitHub CoPilot edits advertisement into user's PR https://notes.zachmanson.com/copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr/ on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:57:41 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://retro.social/users/freakazoid/statuses/116319417864557612https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://retro.social/users/freakazoid/statuses/116319417864557612Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:57:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to GitHub CoPilot edits advertisement into user's PR https://notes.zachmanson.com/copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr/ on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:57:39 GMT]]>@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

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://solarpunk.moe/users/vv/statuses/116319417732482326https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://solarpunk.moe/users/vv/statuses/116319417732482326Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:57:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to GitHub CoPilot edits advertisement into user's PR https://notes.zachmanson.com/copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr/ on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:39:55 GMT]]>@cwebber Somewhere in Redmond, a product manager circles today's date on a 2027 calendar: "Relaunch pull request ads."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/wakame/statuses/116319348026286349https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/wakame/statuses/116319348026286349Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:39:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to GitHub CoPilot edits advertisement into user's PR https://notes.zachmanson.com/copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr/ on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:36:16 GMT]]>@cwebber Also "kinda" and "icky" feel horribly out of place in that context]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://queer.hacktivis.me/objects/693250c0-7031-479c-8e72-b35020e44f58https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://queer.hacktivis.me/objects/693250c0-7031-479c-8e72-b35020e44f58Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:36:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to GitHub CoPilot edits advertisement into user's PR https://notes.zachmanson.com/copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr/ on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:35:57 GMT]]>@fullyabstract@fosstodon.org @cwebber@social.coop In the commit discussion/messages. Not the code itself.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://moonserver.yorha.nexus/notes/akh19zahx9y2000jhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://moonserver.yorha.nexus/notes/akh19zahx9y2000jMon, 30 Mar 2026 17:35:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to GitHub CoPilot edits advertisement into user's PR https://notes.zachmanson.com/copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr/ on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:35:18 GMT]]>@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.)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/fullyabstract/statuses/116319329903069396https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/fullyabstract/statuses/116319329903069396Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:35:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to GitHub CoPilot edits advertisement into user's PR https://notes.zachmanson.com/copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr/ on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:34:50 GMT]]>@cwebber

Thanks for looking at this pull request! As a tip, try enjoying a delicious can of White Monster while you review it!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://m.bonzoesc.net/users/bonzoesc/statuses/116319328063743599https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://m.bonzoesc.net/users/bonzoesc/statuses/116319328063743599Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:34:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to GitHub CoPilot edits advertisement into user's PR https://notes.zachmanson.com/copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr/ on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:32:22 GMT]]>@cwebber "They're not ads, they're *suggestions*!"

-- Microsoft Windows PR guy, having a conniption fit somewhere...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://corteximplant.com/users/Tock/statuses/116319318333571195https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://corteximplant.com/users/Tock/statuses/116319318333571195Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:32:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to GitHub CoPilot edits advertisement into user's PR https://notes.zachmanson.com/copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr/ on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:29:34 GMT]]>@cwebber "Just the tips"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://vmst.io/users/jalefkowit/statuses/116319307351545072https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://vmst.io/users/jalefkowit/statuses/116319307351545072Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:29:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to GitHub CoPilot edits advertisement into user's PR https://notes.zachmanson.com/copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr/ on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:28:59 GMT]]>"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

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/users/cwebber/statuses/116319305019344771https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/users/cwebber/statuses/116319305019344771Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:28:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to GitHub CoPilot edits advertisement into user's PR https://notes.zachmanson.com/copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr/ on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:13:03 GMT]]>@cwebber

Very cool, makes the slop even more evident.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/remmy/statuses/116319242417201037https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/remmy/statuses/116319242417201037Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:13:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to GitHub CoPilot edits advertisement into user's PR https://notes.zachmanson.com/copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr/ on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:55:40 GMT]]>@cwebber

Kind of besides the point but

"Summoned Copilot correct a typo in a PR" hoooly overkill what

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://im-in.space/users/boo_/statuses/116318938075673861https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://im-in.space/users/boo_/statuses/116318938075673861Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:55:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to GitHub CoPilot edits advertisement into user's PR https://notes.zachmanson.com/copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr/ on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:25:11 GMT]]>@gytisrepecka
as is always the case with Microsoft products.

@cwebber

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/hajovonta/statuses/116318818211861699https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/hajovonta/statuses/116318818211861699Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:25:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to GitHub CoPilot edits advertisement into user's PR https://notes.zachmanson.com/copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr/ on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:06:27 GMT]]>@cwebber It was always a question of "when", not "if", it seems

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.gyt.is/users/gytisrepecka/statuses/01KMZMGAS2DG2HV8FDX415HSR5https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.gyt.is/users/gytisrepecka/statuses/01KMZMGAS2DG2HV8FDX415HSR5Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:06:27 GMT