GitHub Engineer Claims Team Was 'Coerced' to Put Grok into Copilot
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Original: GitHub engineer claims team was 'coerced' to put Grok into Copilot
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WhereIsTheTruth
4 months ago
1 replyThe cabal that oversees Musk’s personae knows no limit, that’s quite impressive how far they can penetrate deep inside the US industry, it perhaps is the DARPA, no Chinese tech allowed, and we mustn't allow people to request them, so we must rush something, at the cost of revealing who we are
bn-l
4 months ago
1 replyRemember when you guys loved him? It’s been amazing to see the reversal among people who exist in the consensus reality. Really interesting.
WhereIsTheTruth
4 months ago
I never did, I keep getting flagged whenever I talk about this
attogram
4 months ago
Will we ever find out if this is for real, or just a disgruntled employee...
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