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		aliasEli on July 8, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: All public GitHub code was used in training Copilo... A direct confirmation from GitHub itself. This is problematic because Copilot sometimes outputs code that was present in its training set. https://fossbytes.com/github-copilot-generating-functional-a...

deviledeggs on July 8, 2021 [–]

This is the crux of copilot. When I saw it copying RSA keys I knew, it's overtrained.

Most of the comments are waxing about philosophical possibilities of copilot copying GPL.

Reality is clear in the case, it's copy pasting thousands of characters of GPL code with no modifications. Copyright violation clear as day

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