If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your private repos

Re:If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your ... by saghm on Friday March 27, 2026 @06:02PM (#47548932)

Yes, you will. This is what the setting says on my account when I clicked the link:

> model training

> Allow GitHub to collect and use my Inputs, Outputs, and associated context to train and improve AI models. Read more in the Privacy Statement

Are you seriously trying to claim that the code isn't input, output, or associated context of Copilot operating on a private repo? What term do you think better applies to the code that's being read as input, used as context, and potentially produced as output?

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Re:If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your ... by ziml77 on Friday March 27, 2026 @06:10PM (#47549018)

I don't like that they are training on any interactions with Copilot by default but training on something that you've put through Copilot yourself is much different than them just shoving all the private repos currently on Github into the training data.

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Re:If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your ... by Jolter on Friday March 27, 2026 @06:15PM (#47549083)

If you are not willing to migrate out of GitHub, what you can do is to avoid using Copilot on your private repository.

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Re:If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your ... by saghm on Friday March 27, 2026 @06:19PM (#47549118)

I don't use Copilot, and I don't have anything I particularly care about in private repos on my account on Github. My reaction here is entirely based on principles, not how I'm going to be personally affected.

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