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Re:Kite is saying farewell, and is open-sourcing all of its ... by jrsj on Sunday November 20, 2022 @05:45PM (#33686333)
Kite has been around for a lot longer, if anything Copilot was Github copying them
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Re:Kite is saying farewell, and is open-sourcing all of its ... by esperent on Sunday November 20, 2022 @05:54PM (#33686408)
I don't think it's reasonable to say either was copying. AI assisted tooling is obvious and people have been waiting decades for the tech to reach a point where they can build these tools. Kite tried to get in early - too early probably - but even if they were the very first they didn't invent the idea.
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Re:Kite is saying farewell, and is open-sourcing all of its ... by forgotpwd16 on Sunday November 20, 2022 @08:00PM (#33687416)
Interestingly checking previous submissions going back to 2016 the project had subtitle "programming copilot."
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