GitHub Copilot has injected promotional messages into over 1.5 million pull requests, prompting GitHub to disable the feature amid developer backlash.
Over the years, generative AI has exploded in usage, but the party is coming to an end. For a while, the industry operated in some sort of "subsidy window" where giant AI labs and venture capitalists ...
GitHub Copilot "helped" with pull requests by unsolicitedly providing tips on commercial products. GitHub has since disabled this behavior.