Does GitHub Copilot train on my prompts?
GitHub's coding assistant. The training licence sits in GitHub's Terms of Service.
Accounts under GitHub's Terms of Service
Yes, by default. You can opt out.If you provide your private repository content as Input to AI Features, we may use that Input to provide, develop, train, and improve the Service, including AI Features.Terms of Service
Section J.3 of GitHub's Terms. Unless you opt out, GitHub's affiliates may also use your Inputs and Outputs.
Changes
- GitHub now says it may train on “Your Content” and Affiliates may use Inputs/Outputs “Unless you opt out,” replacing “if you allow in your settings.” Change of position · GitHub Copilot, Terms of Service
- GitHub Copilot says Free users’ data “may be used for AI Model training where permitted and if you allow in your settings.” New disclosure · GitHub Copilot, Terms of Service
Full clause history
Every version of the training clause in each tracked document, oldest first, with the words that changed.
Terms of Service
20 recorded versions reduce to 3 clause states. Source history on GitHub.
From · 10 captures, last · clause not found in capture
None of the tracked sentences appear in these captures. Either the vendor moved or removed the clause, or Open Terms Archive's capture of the page changed. See the change list above for the reviewed explanation.
From · 6 captures, last
For GitHub Copilot Free users, the data collected by GitHub Copilot may be used for AI Model training where permitted and if you allow in your settings.