GitHub Copilot is coming for your data

GitHub, which used to be the knight in shining armor leading the open source movement, now wants to use all your code to train their AI agents to someday take your job.

It all starts on April 24th, 2026.

In their own words:

From April 24 onward, interaction data—specifically inputs, outputs, code snippets, and associated context—from Copilot Free, Pro, and Pro+ users will be used to train and improve our AI models unless they opt out.

I feel like I wouldn’t be as disgusted with this if the user had to opt in instead of just having them opt in by default.

I suppose this is part of a bigger trend that has been happening for a while.

Part of me wants to move everything from the cloud to hardware I self-host out in a cabin in the woods while forging my own food and growing a big beard like Ron Swanson, but that doesn’t seem practical either.

How do you feel about these big companies using your hard work to train their models?