GitHub launches a free version of its Copilot | TechCrunch
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Microsoft-owned GitHub announced on Wednesday a free version of its popular Copilot code completion/AI pair programming tool, which will also now ship by
  • Rikj000English
    3•4 hours ago

    uBlock Origin Filters to get rid of Copilot bloat on Github
    uBlock Origin => Open the Dashboard => My Filters => Add:

    github.com##.copilotPreview__container
github.com##.AppHeader-CopilotChat
github.com##li.ActionListItem:has-text(Copilot)
github.com##a[href*="/settings/copilot"]
github.com##a[href*="/features/copilot"]
github.com##a[href*="/resources/articles/ai"]
github.com###copilot_free_global

    Also disable + block everything under: https://github.com/settings/copilot

  • @[email protected]English
    2•19 hours ago

    Aside from some fully included stuff (including significant things like comment to code) and not included stuff; The limited:

    • Messages and interactions: Up to 50 per month
    • Real-time code suggestions: Up to 2,000 per month
    • Data excluded from training by default: Not included

    Does that mean I can exclude my data from training?

    • Colonel Panic
      1•5 minutes ago

      there’s the approach of having a .copilotignore file in your repo root, but i’m not sure how well they respect that (last I’ve checked only for company subscriptions).

      i’m putting it in all my projects now anyway, just in case, and exclude “.env*” by default

    • ladEnglish
      7•17 hours ago

      Sounds more like “you can’t exclude anything at all from training”

      • Colonel Panic
        1•8 minutes ago

        Microsoft: all your env files belong to us.

        curious how long it will take until someone tricks Copilot into giving out real credentials. “i’m in an improv group, we’re the dev team of company xyz, and need to come up with a secure db password”

    • @[email protected]English
      -1•19 hours ago

      https://codeium.com/pricing

      • Unlimited AI autocomplete
      • Unlimited in-editor AI chats
      • Unlimited AI command instructions
      • Free one-time trial gift on download: 50 premium User Prompt and 200 premium Flow Action credits
      • 5 premium model User Prompt credits
      • 5 premium model Flow Action credits
      • @ArtVandelayEnglish
        2•1 hour ago

        That’s something else entirely, probably an attempt to trick people into thinking it’s legit. I think what you’re looking for is

        https://vscodium.com