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Microsoft: 'product tips', not 'ads'

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/31/github-copilot-puts-ads-into-pull-requests/ - blog post 

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Sources:

• Copilot Edited an Ad Into My PR https://notes.zachmanson.com/copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr/
• I'm part of Raycast, we didn't know about it, learnt about it here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47572859
• Tim from the Copilot coding agent team here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47573233
• GitHub backs down, kills Copilot pull-request ads after backlash https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/30/github_copilot_ads_pull_requests/

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