A developer caught Copilot adding promotional "tips" to code descriptions, highlighting a messy new era of AI slop.

Developers were (understandably) furious with Copilot and other ads appearing in their pull requests – now GitHub has reversed its decision.

Right then, let’s talk about GitHub Copilot. You know, that AI thing that helps you code? We’re going to look at its finances ...

GitHub Copilot "helped" with pull requests by unsolicitedly providing tips on commercial products. GitHub has since disabled this behavior.

Microsoft has denied the GitHub Copilot ad reports and told Windows Latest that it does not plan to show ads on GitHub.

Microsoft is preparing to make remote AI agents a native part of Visual Studio, marking a key evolution in how developers interact with GitHub Copilot and the IDE's AI-assisted features. According to ...

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Agentic AI is all the rage today across ...

Following backlash from developers, GitHub has removed Copilot's ability to stick ads - what it calls "tips" - into any pull request that invokes its name.  Australian developer Zach Manson noted on ...

It was inevitable. After three years in the ad-free "honeymoon" phase, ads are slowly creeping into generative AI products, including Copilot.