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SDL bans AI-written commits

The SDL project is facing calls to implement a formal policy banning AI-generated code contributions, citing concerns over copyright, ethics, and project integrity.

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I've noticed the use of Copilot within a few reviews (13277 and 12730) which concerns me given the vast amount of issues associated with this technology (ethical, environmental, copyright, health, etc) so I was hoping a policy could be put in place to forbid this technology.

I have a project using SDL and I don't want to move away due to this project being tainted ☹️

I have a project using SDL and I don't want to move away due to this project being tainted☹️

Source: Hacker News

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