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An FSF + community group / wiki page to document developments in the Microsoft GitHub Copilot project and AI pair-programming generally.
 
An FSF + community group / wiki page to document developments in the Microsoft GitHub Copilot project and AI pair-programming generally.
  
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==Future events:==
  
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* 2023-05-30 - BigCode: Open and responsible research on code-generating AI systems https://www.fsf.org/events/libreplanet-talk-bigcode-open-and-responsible-research-on-code-generating-ai-systems
  
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==Past events:==
  
* 2022-02-24 Announcement: Publication of the FSF-funded white papers on questions around Copilot announced today! Read the papers and find advocacy-oriented events. Read the announcement at https://www.fsf.org/news/publication-of-the-fsf-funded-white-papers-on-questions-around-copilot
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* 2022-03-03 - Copilot IRC Q&A with Robert F.J. Seddon https://www.fsf.org/events/copilot-irc-q-a-with-robert-f-j-seddon
  
* 2022-02-23 SFC announced: New Committee Will Investigate Copyleft Implications of AI-Assisted Programming https://sfconservancy.org/news/2022/feb/23/committee-ai-assisted-software-github-copilot/, including a mailing list for discussion.
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* 2022-03-07 - FSF moderated general IRC discussion on the papers selected from Copilot call for whitepapers https://www.fsf.org/events/join-us-for-a-general-irc-discussion-on-the-papers-selected-as-part-of-our-copilot-call-for-whitepapers
  
* 2021-07-28 FSF-funded call for white papers on philosophical and legal questions around Copilot. It identifies some important issues and ideas https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/fsf-funded-call-for-white-papers-on-philosophical-and-legal-questions-around-copilot
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==Ongoing:==
  
* 2021-07-14 OpenAI's paper about the copilot machine learning model they created: https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.03374
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* [https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss Libreplanet-discuss] discussion:  https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2022-02/msg00066.html
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* [https://lists.copyleft.org/mailman/listinfo/ai-assist ai-assist] discussion on copyleft.org mailing list
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* There are [https://forum.members.fsf.org/t/copilot-papers-published/4163 discussions of the copilot papers in the FSF member forum], which is private to FSF members, [https://www.fsf.org/jfb joining costs money]. [https://www.fsf.org/blogs/membership/introducing-our-new-associate-member-forum The introductory blog post has more information about the forum.]
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* Research on this wiki: Please see [[Group:Copilot_Watch_Group/Research]] for a public-facing and evolving collection of research materials and preliminary conclusions. Please feel free to participate!
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==Related articles==
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* [https://lwn.net/Articles/886129/ Developments in the FOSS response to Copilot and related technologies - lwn.net]
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* [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27676266 GitHub Copilot - ycombinator.com]
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* [https://old.reddit.com/r/freesoftware/comments/t0rvak/publication_of_the_fsffunded_white_papers_on/ Publication of the FSF-funded white papers on questions around Copilot - reddit]
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* [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27998109 Hacker news on the papers]
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* [https://www.saverilawfirm.com/our-cases/github-copilot-intellectual-property-litigation Saveri Copilot litigation]
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==Timeline==
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* 2022-02-24 - Publication of the FSF-funded white papers on questions around Copilot announced today! Read the papers and find advocacy-oriented events. Read the announcement at https://www.fsf.org/news/publication-of-the-fsf-funded-white-papers-on-questions-around-copilot
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* 2022-02-23 - SFC: New Committee Will Investigate Copyleft Implications of AI-Assisted Programming https://sfconservancy.org/news/2022/feb/23/committee-ai-assisted-software-github-copilot/, including a mailing list for discussion.
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* 2022-02-03 - Bradley M. Kuhn essay about copilot https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2022/feb/03/github-copilot-copyleft-gpl/ (also published as part of FSF's call for whitepapers).
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* 2021-08 - Paper: "Asleep at the Keyboard? Assessing the Security of GitHub Copilot's Code Contributions", finds that security vulnerabilities are very common in copilot generated code https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.09293
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* 2021-07-28 - FSF-funded call for white papers on philosophical and legal questions around Copilot. It identifies some important issues and ideas https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/fsf-funded-call-for-white-papers-on-philosophical-and-legal-questions-around-copilot
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* 2021-07-14 - OpenAI's paper about the copilot machine learning model they created: https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.03374
  
 
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An FSF + community group / wiki page to document developments in the Microsoft GitHub Copilot project and AI pair-programming generally.

Future events:

Past events:

Ongoing:

  • ai-assist discussion on copyleft.org mailing list
  • Research on this wiki: Please see Group:Copilot_Watch_Group/Research for a public-facing and evolving collection of research materials and preliminary conclusions. Please feel free to participate!

Related articles

Timeline

  • 2021-08 - Paper: "Asleep at the Keyboard? Assessing the Security of GitHub Copilot's Code Contributions", finds that security vulnerabilities are very common in copilot generated code https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.09293


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