Microsoft made Copilot a co-author on every VS Code project, reverted after developers revolted

A recent pull request effectively turned Copilot into a "co-author" for every programming project created in Visual Studio ...
Gadget Review on MSN

Microsoft secretly made Copilot co-author your code – until developers revolted

Microsoft secretly enabled Copilot co-authoring in VS Code without warning, falsely crediting AI for human-written code until ...

Developers caught VS Code adding Copilot as a co‑author without permission and forced a rollback

VS Code credited Copilot for human work after a default change that bypassed user settings.
OSTechNix

Microsoft Apologizes for Enabling AI Co-Author by Default in VS Code

Microsoft sparked a developer revolt by silently adding "Co-authored-by: Copilot" to VS Code Git commits. Here's what ...
WinBuzzer

VS Code Now Stamps GitHub Copilot as Git Commit Co-Author

Visual Studio Code 1.118 now stamps a Copilot co-author trailer on Git commits by default after PR #310226 flipped ...
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code 1.119 Adds Agent Browser Sharing, OpenTelemetry Tracing

The new weekly update focuses on agent workflows, observability, trust controls, Markdown usability and engineering changes.