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

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 ...

Microsoft isn’t kidding around. Aside from growing its ad revenues and search market shares, the company’s leaned into AI with integrating Microsoft Copilot into its search experience and advertising ...

Developers were (understandably) furious with Copilot and other ads appearing in their pull requests – now GitHub has ...

It was inevitable. After three years in the ad-free "honeymoon" phase, ads are slowly creeping into generative AI products, including Copilot.