Copilot edited an ad into my PR

603 points by pavo-etc 6 hours ago on hackernews | 184 comments

After a team member summoned Copilot to correct a typo in a PR of mine, Copilot edited my PR description to include and ad for itself and Raycast.

This is horrific. I knew this kind of bullshit would happen eventually, but I didn't expect it so soon.

Here is how platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die.

Cory Doctorow