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		stwrong on June 29, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GitHub Copilot What about privacy. Does the AI send code to GitHub? This reminds me of Kite

avery42 on June 29, 2021 [–]

Yes, under "How does GitHub Copilot work?":

> [...] The GitHub Copilot editor extension sends your comments and code to the GitHub Copilot service, which then uses OpenAI Codex to synthesize and suggest individual lines and whole functions.

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