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Re:Copilot Edited an Ad into My PR by buildbot on Monday March 30, 2026 @01:08PM (#47576961)
Absolutely my bad it came across like this.
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Re:Copilot Edited an Ad into My PR by dang on Monday March 30, 2026 @03:13PM (#47578476)
I appreciate the reply. As mentioned, it happens unintentionally. One way to describe the (desired) HN community is everyone learning together how to avoid unintended effects.
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Re:Copilot Edited an Ad into My PR by johnnyanmac on Monday March 30, 2026 @03:37PM (#47578737)
> everyone learning together how to avoid unintended effects.

Okay, but when will Microsoft?

Or is it a more charitable interpretation to suggest they did intend this to be the effect?

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Re:Copilot Edited an Ad into My PR by dang on Monday March 30, 2026 @05:04PM (#47579687)
No, I wouldn't argue that. The point is we need to do this for ourselves, regardless of what some company or other group of people do.
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