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themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Microsoft fixes VS Code after app gives Copilot credit for human's work

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Microsoft fixes VS Code after app gives Copilot credit for human's work

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themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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Microsoft fixes VS Code after Copilot credited human code
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: Devs not thrilled that Git extension added the bot as co-author by default
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    Even if it was only live for a couple of days, I wonder how much it inflated the “commits made by Copilot” metric that they will no doubt brag about to their investors

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      Yeah, I find it hard to believe this wasn’t their goal, especially considering they found this bug in testing and still released the update: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47994193

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      They’re probably pissed it was discovered so fast

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