Re:GitHub Copilot is not infringing your copyright
by londons_explore on Thursday July 11, 2024 @07:48AM
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> has been shown to generate chunks of sufficient size and specificity
Only when given chinks of copyrighted code as input. I don't think anyone has demonstrated big chunks of copyrighted code in the output when copyrighted code isn't present in the query/context.
In fact, I suspect microsoft specifically filters the output for that.
>"How much change is enough" has always been a gray area for courts and humans to decide.
But copilot has been shown to generate chunks of sufficient size and specificity that as a layman it very much feels like "copied GPL code". And my boss agrees too - we have a blanket ban on generative AI tools in our work because it's not considered worth the risk.