GitHub engineer: team 'coerced' to put Grok in Copilot
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A GitHub senior designer alleges the engineering team was pressured to integrate xAI's Grok model into Copilot, claiming a hurried security review. Eric Bailey publicly criticized this, urging user opposition. GitHub denies shortcuts, stating all partner models undergo review based on Microsoft's Responsible AI standards and that Grok integration is optional. The move has sparked community backlash, with some developers threatening to leave the platform over the xAI partnership.
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