Copilot is now injecting ads into GitHub pull requests. It's a disaster.

A developer caught Copilot adding promotional "tips" to code descriptions, highlighting a messy new era of AI slop.

GitHub backs down, kills Copilot pull-request ads after backlash

Following backlash from developers, GitHub has removed Copilot's ability to stick ads - what it calls "tips" - into any pull request that invokes its name.  Australian developer Zach Manson noted on ...
WinBuzzer

GitHub Copilot Injected Ads Into 1.5 Million Pull Requests

GitHub Copilot has injected promotional messages into over 1.5 million pull requests, prompting GitHub to disable the feature ...
The Verge

GitHub had a major outage, but now says its services are ‘fully operational’

The issues apparently popped up because of a ‘database infrastructure related change’ that GitHub rolled back. The issues apparently popped up because of a ‘database infrastructure related change’ ...