All public GitHub code was used in training Copilot

Re:All public GitHub code was used in training Copilot by eloisius on Friday July 09, 2021 @07:36AM (#27782622)

So long as the "copilot" is a black box that no one can inspect, how is it substantially different than me creating a website with a link to download a licensing-stripped version of Microsoft office, but it only gives you a verbatim copy 1/10 times you try it?

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Re:All public GitHub code was used in training Copilot by devetec on Friday July 09, 2021 @09:15AM (#27783342)

There's an entire academic paper detailing exactly how it works. https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.03374

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