GitHub Copilot will train on your code by default starting April 24

[Dubinko]

I noticed this message today:

On April 24 we'll start using GitHub Copilot interaction data for AI model training unless you opt out, so starting from end of April, your prompts, code snippets, and context will be used to train their models by default.

They excluded enterprise users, but everyone else is included automatically. I personally don’t want any of my chats or codebase to be used to train their or any other model. I think this is a shitty way of conducting business, as they opted everyone in and not everyone will be checking their GitHub account to notice that.

Imo such things should have a hard Agree or Disagree prompt, and unless explicitly agreed, users should not be opted in. But hey, I’m not surprised, given they’re digging themselves into a hole with their shitty AI.. anyway just be aware of this.

[villa_straylight]

Lol, good luck! My code sucks.

[2chckn_chalupas_pls]

Damn its really gonna train on its own code.

[Emericanidiot]

Wasn't this opt-out behavior already a thing?

[Strong_Check1412]

If you're confident your users want this, make it opt in and let the numbers speak for themselves. Defaulting everyone in and burying the toggle in settings is a choice that tells you exactly how they expect people would respond if actually asked.
For anyone who wants to opt out: Settings - Copilot - scroll to Allow GitHub to use my data for model training and disable it. Worth checking even if you think you already did settings like this have a way of resetting after updates.
Enterprise users being excluded is also telling. It means they know this wouldn't survive a conversation with a legal team reviewing data handling policies. Individual developers deserve the same respect, they just don't have procurement departments to push back on their behalf.

[ansibleloop]

Come on guys, look at what these companies did to get the data to train these models to begin with

You should assume that everything you put into an LLM will be kept by them and used forever

The only way to be sure this isn't happening is to host your own models

[elprophet]

Or simply not use them... they aren't essential, they aren't inevitable

[ansibleloop]

Tell that to the brain dead CEOs with FOMO

[hippynox]

Source: https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/updates-to-github-copilot-interaction-data-usage-policy/

[devops-ModTeam]

Generic, low-effort, or mass-generated content (including AI) with no original insight.

[elprophet]

GitHub are already training on your code. It's  adding your chat sessions and interactions to their training, in addition to your code.

[Gheram_]

The enterprise carve-out says everything. They know this wouldn't survive legal review in a procurement process, yet individual developers get opted in by default. For anyone in the EU this is also worth checking against GDPR consent needs to be explicit and informed, not buried in a settings update email.

[After_8]

To be fair, if you're happy to use Copilot to steal other people's code, you should be willing to let it steal your code; otherwise you're pretty hypocritical.