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5 stories taggedgithub copilot.

Copilot Says No in Chat, Then Writes the Same Malware in Your Editor
Researchers found GitHub's AI coding assistant refuses dangerous requests when asked directly, but happily produces the same harmful code when the request is split into small, innocent-looking steps.

A Hidden Command in a GitHub Issue Can Silently Steal a Company's Private Code
Researchers found a flaw in GitHub's AI automation tool that lets an outsider read an organisation's private repositories by hiding plain-English instructions inside a public bug report.

When AI writes your code, your supply chain just got a new stranger in it
For years, defenders worried about which open-source parts sat inside their software. Now an AI assistant is quietly adding parts of its own, and nobody is quite sure who owns the risk.

AI Writes Code Faster Than Anyone Can Check It. That's the Problem.
Machine-generated code is flooding into production with fewer human eyes on it. Defenders are being asked to catch what nobody wrote by hand.

AI-Generated Code Is Outpacing Your Audit Process
CISOs are discovering that traditional software audits weren't built for a world where a developer can generate 500 lines of Go in forty seconds. Here's what the checklist needs to look like now.