Copilot
Similar to "academic and professional research" processes, says Microsoft of defaulting to two-engine research mode.
Enterprise users are excluded from the GitHub training data hoover, but will have security agents turned on, with free basic use, for Microsoft 365 E5.
"In a shared global control plane, your security is only as strong as the provider's latest code push..."
Thomas Dohmke left to start a dev platform built to handle the wave of AI agents.
"Targeted restarts on affected infrastructure" ftw
If you don't turn off multiple account access, employees can log in with personal credentials to get Copilot.
Controversial feature that sparked a firestorm of criticism is back - only this time it's allegedly built with "security and privacy in mind".
"The findings of this study suggest that current retrieval augmented generation-based systems may not be adequately secure for enterprise use."
Complaint alleges "GitHub Copilot “ignores, violates, and removes" licenses...