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Microsoft’s denial that GitHub is testing ads in pull requests is more than a narrow clarification; it is a reminder of how quickly trust can become the real product in AI-era developer tools. A Copilot-generated product tip that surfaced in the wrong place looked like an ad, sounded like an ad...

Microsoft’s GitHub has backed away from a Copilot experiment that crossed a line for many developers: inserting promotional “tips” into pull requests that Copilot touched. The backlash was swift, because the change blurred the already sensitive boundary between automated code review and product...