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> Those details have never, ever been published in a public repository. The most simple answer would be that this is false, it was published somewhere but you
by elcomet 4y ago
> Those details have never, ever been published in a public repository.
The most simple answer would be that this is false, it was published somewhere but you are not aware of it.
- grecy 4y agoAn equally simple answer is that copilot is pulling code (or at least analyzing) from repositories that are not public.
- elcomet 4y agoI think that's very unlikely, they said and repeated that they are not using private code. People catching them lying on this would be very bad for GitHub.
- grecy 4y agoBugs and unexpected behaviour catch us all. I’m not saying they’re intentionally lying, but that one possible explanation is it looking through non public repositories
- elcomet 4y agoThey would definitely notice such a bug. This would at least double or triple the amount of data they use. This is not something you can do by mistake.
- inkeddeveloper 4y agoYet here we are.
- andrepd 4y agoThis is some highly impressive logic right here. Proposition: "They don't use private code". Proof: "They said they don't use private code. Either the private code appearing is published somewhere else, or they are using private code. Lying would be bad. Therefore the code is published somewhere else, and they don't use private code".
- afiori 4y agoI would say that the logic is more like: Proposition: "They either do not use private code or they did something very very stupid." Proof: "Not using private code is very easy (for example google does not train its models on workspace users' data, which is why they get inferior features) and they promised multiple time not to use private code so doing in would be hard to justify"
- truculent 4y agoIs it possible to verify with GitHub code search (cs.github.com)?
- eloisius 4y agoIMO that doesn’t absolve Microsoft at all. If someone uploads ripped MP3s to the internet somewhere, it doesn’t mean you could aggregate them, burn CDs and sell them.