Question

A developer at a company using GitHub Copilot Business is concerned that the private code snippets pulled from their open files to build completion prompts will be used to train the underlying model, potentially exposing proprietary logic to other customers. What is the accurate explanation of how prompt input is handled for Copilot Business?

Accepted Answer

Prompt context is transmitted to the model to generate a suggestion but is not retained or used to train the foundational model for Copilot Business.

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Prompt context is stored indefinitely and aggregated into the next model training cycle for all Copilot tiers.

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Prompt context is only protected if the organization enables a separate content exclusion policy for every repository.

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Prompt context is never sent off the developer's machine because completions for Business are generated entirely by a local model.