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Aren’t you giving your code away to Microsoft if you use Copilot?
by raydiatian 3y ago
Aren’t you giving your code away to Microsoft if you use Copilot?
- whompyjaw 3y agoYa pretty sure using copilot only applies to personal projects. To my knowledge, you can’t use LLM’s while coding at work due to CCI. However, there are plugins to use LLM’s while coding with Neovim and Emacs, so, you can still use these editors for that if you want.
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- fernandotakai 3y ago> Ya pretty sure using copilot only applies to personal projects. To my knowledge, you can’t use LLM’s while coding at work due to CCI. copilot for business exists https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/overview-of-github-copilot/about-github-copilot-for-business https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/o...
- jemmyw 3y agoYou can now configure it to not use your code for learning
- VectorLock 3y agoBut it has to use your code for inferencing, doesn't it? So it is sending it to someone. I see this being a blocker at a lot of places. I know in my workplace the infosec people are apoplectic about it and we supposedly have a 'partnership' with OpenAI.
- xyzzy_plugh 3y agoYou're not wrong, and I realize there is nuance here, but if you're using GitHub you are already sending your code to Microsoft.
- VectorLock 3y agoI don't think using GitHub is a prerequisite for using Copilot but I could be wrong.
- willdr 3y agoDo those places use GitHub? Anything on GitHub has been given to Microsoft.
- raydiatian 3y agoNot like Microsoft has ever lied or breached trust