GitHub says it will employ user data to train its AI after all
- Mar 30
- 1 min read
TECH RADAR — GitHub Chief Product Officer Mario Rodriguez has announced that the platform will be using user data to train its AI models, operating on an opt-out basis that automatically subscribes users into the data collection system.
The change won't just affect Free users, but also Pro and Pro+ – Copilot Business, Enterprise, student accounts and teacher accounts will be exempt from the new user data training change.
Some of the elements that will go into training GitHub's AI include: inputs, like prompts and snippets of code; outputs, including accepted content and edited suggestions; code context; comments and documentation; file names and repo structures; Copilot interactions and even feedback like thumbs up/down.
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