GitHub Copilot Model Training

A little reminder for those of you who haven’t logged in to GitHub for a while! On April 24th, GitHub Copilot will be using interaction data to train their model.

Important update On April 24 we’ll start using GitHub Copilot interaction data for AI model training unless you opt out. Review this update and manage your preferences in your GitHub account settings.

You can change the setting here: https://github.com/settings/copilot/features

Scroll down to privacy and choose to disable to opt out, if that’s your preference.

More data, and data from real usage, equals smarter models and better replies as they explain in the announcement blog post: https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/updates-to-github-copilot-interaction-data-usage-policy/

But it’s equally important to let people opt out and make that option easy to find. Worth noting that interaction data from Copilot Business, Copilot Enterprise, or enterprise-owned repositories are not used.

GitHub Copilot Model Training

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