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982 Microsoft Copilot Is Now Injecting Ads Into Pull Requests On GitHub

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/30/2026 13:00 EDT

Microsoft Copilot Is Now Injecting Ads Into Pull Requests On GitHub

Microsoft Copilot is reportedly injecting promotional "tips" into GitHub pull requests, with Neowin claiming more than 1.5 million PRs have been affected by messages advertising integrations like Raycast, Slack, Teams, and various IDEs. From the report: According to Melbourne-based software developer Zach Manson, a team member used the AI to fix a simple typo in a pull request. Copilot did the job, but it also took the liberty of editing the PR's description to include this message: "Quickly spin up Copilot

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