<![CDATA[Interesting to see Copilot injecting ads into PR descriptions.]]>Interesting to see Copilot injecting ads into PR descriptions. Although there are a handful of older instances of this, if GitHub search is working properly, it looks like this started happening at scale around 10 days ago with more than 1k injections of this particular ad per day since then

https://github.com/search?q=%22%E2%9A%A1+Quickly+spin+up+copilot+coding+tasks+from+anywhere+on+your+macOS+or+Windows+machine+with+Raycast%22&type=pullrequests&s=created&o=asc&p=1

What will they think of next?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/eaa2458c-b1aa-4301-9880-92afe350cb18/interesting-to-see-copilot-injecting-ads-into-pr-descriptions.RSS for NodeMon, 06 Apr 2026 16:39:48 GMTMon, 30 Mar 2026 08:00:29 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Interesting to see Copilot injecting ads into PR descriptions. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:53:40 GMT]]>@danluu
Clammy Sammy already told us: β€œAI” porn.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dzwiedziu/statuses/116318222438828457https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dzwiedziu/statuses/116318222438828457Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:53:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Interesting to see Copilot injecting ads into PR descriptions. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:36:24 GMT]]>@danluu Suckers getting suckered. 🀷

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/soc/statuses/116318154554694404https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/soc/statuses/116318154554694404Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:36:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Interesting to see Copilot injecting ads into PR descriptions. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:28:59 GMT]]>@danluu Is this something intentional from Micro$lop/GitHub, or just people engineering ShartGPT/Copilot into posting ads to their shit?]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fedi.catto.garden/objects/07c7dbd7-5561-4c9d-b652-d65320625176https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fedi.catto.garden/objects/07c7dbd7-5561-4c9d-b652-d65320625176Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:28:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Interesting to see Copilot injecting ads into PR descriptions. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:52:04 GMT]]>@danluu I would usually act surprised, because this is the WTF to end all WTF’s.. πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/gimulnautti/statuses/116317980200895498https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/gimulnautti/statuses/116317980200895498Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:52:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Interesting to see Copilot injecting ads into PR descriptions. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:51:45 GMT]]>@Chase @danluu Days ago, a peer seriously suggested using a LLM to sort a short list of text. Tony Hoare hasn't been dead a month and this is where we are.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/arclight/statuses/116317978995523489https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/arclight/statuses/116317978995523489Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:51:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Interesting to see Copilot injecting ads into PR descriptions. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:42:10 GMT]]>@danluu i'd love to see ads of injected in github prs! πŸ˜‚

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/ap/users/115691751224970808/statuses/116317941288947559https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/ap/users/115691751224970808/statuses/116317941288947559Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:42:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Interesting to see Copilot injecting ads into PR descriptions. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:34:37 GMT]]>That’s icky.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://twit.social/users/bouncing/statuses/116317911586714448https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://twit.social/users/bouncing/statuses/116317911586714448Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:34:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Interesting to see Copilot injecting ads into PR descriptions. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:09:01 GMT]]>@danluu Let's just hope they haven't seen the film of A Clockwork Orange...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/darkling/statuses/116317810961647228https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/darkling/statuses/116317810961647228Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:09:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Interesting to see Copilot injecting ads into PR descriptions. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:02:26 GMT]]>@danluu I look forward to Microsoft inserting ads into my Github Pages hosted blog.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.lol/users/sed/statuses/116317785051250209https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.lol/users/sed/statuses/116317785051250209Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:02:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Interesting to see Copilot injecting ads into PR descriptions. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:46:47 GMT]]>@danluu cant wait for penis enlargement popup ads on github]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://piggo.space/objects/6fe29481-fd37-45bb-92e0-04ee72be5469https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://piggo.space/objects/6fe29481-fd37-45bb-92e0-04ee72be5469Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:46:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Interesting to see Copilot injecting ads into PR descriptions. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:29:45 GMT]]>@danluu they are just so lame

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/ciaranmak/statuses/116317656542916668https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/ciaranmak/statuses/116317656542916668Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:29:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Interesting to see Copilot injecting ads into PR descriptions. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:22:13 GMT]]>@danluu It's pretty depressing... for AI coding assist like Antigravity, I prefer it doesn't write the commit log and deal with that myself, so it should be immune.

It's a warning though, remote AI is your coding buddy who wants to help, but ultimately there's the danger it's the AI version of someone who befriends you in order to report on you to management.

But where's the selfhostable coding assist that's competitive with, eg, Gemini 3.1?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/hopeless/statuses/116317626935206921https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/hopeless/statuses/116317626935206921Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:22:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Interesting to see Copilot injecting ads into PR descriptions. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:41:27 GMT]]>@miclgael@hachyderm.io @nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt @danluu@mastodon.social can confirm this is simply what agentic PRs look like on copilot pro

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pl.fediverse.pl/objects/ed168f36-3b50-4918-8277-5260e9343706https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pl.fediverse.pl/objects/ed168f36-3b50-4918-8277-5260e9343706Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:41:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Interesting to see Copilot injecting ads into PR descriptions. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:33:20 GMT]]>@mahryekuh or maybe the tokens are too expensive to waste them on ads

@danluu

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/guenther/statuses/116317434693783685https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/guenther/statuses/116317434693783685Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:33:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Interesting to see Copilot injecting ads into PR descriptions. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:32:50 GMT]]>@imbl @danluu funny marketing to have the example video not do anything except show a loading bar long enough for me to click away without learning about it.

I guess thats like Nintendo in their ads for Switch 2 being honest about low framerates and lag if you try to play Mario Kart World with friends.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/miclgael/statuses/116317432764612860https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/miclgael/statuses/116317432764612860Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:32:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Interesting to see Copilot injecting ads into PR descriptions. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:31:18 GMT]]>@guenther @danluu This is barely two weeks old, the sneaky will come eventually.

They're probably trying to see what they can get away with. Let's not accuse them of incompetence yet.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/mahryekuh/statuses/116317426738640697https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/mahryekuh/statuses/116317426738640697Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:31:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Interesting to see Copilot injecting ads into PR descriptions. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:21:43 GMT]]>Can't wait for AdGentic AI to rewrite commit messages:

"Bob wrote this line supported by Pink Bull energy drinks"

"Refactored by Alice and Snackers, now with more nuts!"

Ufff. πŸ™ˆπŸ€“

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/oliver_schafeld/statuses/116317389029020214https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/oliver_schafeld/statuses/116317389029020214Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:21:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Interesting to see Copilot injecting ads into PR descriptions. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:19:19 GMT]]>@danluu the thing i always find most baffling is people using AI for tasks that are already solved:

GitHub already contains a dependency updater that doesn't rely on AI and a lot of languages also have dependency updaters that can easily be executed in GitHub actions for free

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chore: update charm libraries by observability-noctua-bot Β· Pull Request #580 Β· canonical/traefik-k8s-operator

This charmed operator automates the operational procedures of running Traefik, an open-source application proxy. - chore: update charm libraries by observability-noctua-bot Β· Pull Request #580 Β· canonical/traefik-k8s-operator

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/Chase/statuses/116317379611768780https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/Chase/statuses/116317379611768780Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:19:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Interesting to see Copilot injecting ads into PR descriptions. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:18:53 GMT]]>@mkljczk @nina_kali_nina @danluu

I think the annoying thing for me is I can't tell if:

- Copilot inject ad now
- User found dodgy free tier wrapper around copilot that inject ad now
- Autonomously deployed AI bot farm for injecting ad inject ad now

Because all outputs look the same because Microsoft hold a gigantic foot cannon and aim it at the crater where their feet used to be, daily.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/miclgael/statuses/116317377910870690https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/miclgael/statuses/116317377910870690Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:18:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Interesting to see Copilot injecting ads into PR descriptions. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:09:40 GMT]]>@danluu hey look what was posted 10 days ago

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Monitor Copilot coding agent logs live in Raycast - GitHub Changelog

Raycast is a powerful free launcher for macOS and Windows. It can launch apps, search files, control your system, and leverage community-built extensions. With the GitHub Copilot extension for Raycast,…

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/imbl/statuses/116317341642295104https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/imbl/statuses/116317341642295104Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:09:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Interesting to see Copilot injecting ads into PR descriptions. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:00:28 GMT]]>@nina_kali_nina @danluu interestingly I tried to scan a URL of one of the ads for malware and cloudflare refused 🫠

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/miclgael/statuses/116317305439650676https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/miclgael/statuses/116317305439650676Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:00:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Interesting to see Copilot injecting ads into PR descriptions. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:00:05 GMT]]>@nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt @miclgael@hachyderm.io @danluu@mastodon.social it links to github docs

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pl.fediverse.pl/objects/9ce50050-97d1-4bf1-b918-662d6355ade7https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pl.fediverse.pl/objects/9ce50050-97d1-4bf1-b918-662d6355ade7Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:00:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Interesting to see Copilot injecting ads into PR descriptions. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:58:35 GMT]]>@danluu@mastodon.social I thought this is appended on the API side and not actually stored in the DB. Half of this stuff will no longer exist in a year lol

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pl.fediverse.pl/objects/900529ae-9b31-4a67-9354-fce7163f8ae0https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pl.fediverse.pl/objects/900529ae-9b31-4a67-9354-fce7163f8ae0Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:58:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Interesting to see Copilot injecting ads into PR descriptions. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:54:51 GMT]]>@nina_kali_nina @danluu MS advertise lots of third party garbage in all their other UIs though?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/miclgael/statuses/116317283366971255https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/miclgael/statuses/116317283366971255Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:54:51 GMT