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Microsoft's GitHub next month plans to begin using customer interaction data – "specifically inputs, outputs, code snippets, and associated context" – to train its AI models.

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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 8 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I'm sure this will be an opt-in system for every repo considering someone could have put it there thinking it wouldn't be trained on

[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 14 points 5 days ago

Why? They can terminate you at any time why can't they change terms at anytime?

[–] prex@aussie.zone 13 points 5 days ago (2 children)
[–] throws_lemy@reddthat.com 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)
[–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

More like do you trust the united states government, after all ultimately it is their responsibility to regulate companies, and if you are intelligent then the answer is no.

[–] prex@aussie.zone 1 points 5 days ago

No. That's why I'm not sure that it will always be opt-in.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)
[–] xelar@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

People trust the opt-in does anything on mictoslop. If they want your data, they will take it anyway via different channels where your opt-in choice wont matter or apply.