After backlash - theregister.com, GitHub backs down, kills Copilot pull-request ads

Corroborated by 2 sources from 2 publishers

globalgeneral1d ago

TL;DR

Reports differ across sources; according to theregister.com, gitHub backs down, kills Copilot pull-request ads after backlash Letting Copilot alter others' PRs was the wrong judgment call, says product manager Updated Microsoft has done a 180.

Sources

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Windows Central

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/microsofts-ai-slop-is-infecting-github-copilot-is-now-injecting-ads-into-pull-requests

1d ago

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Theregister.com

https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/30/github_copilot_ads_pull_requests

1d ago