After all, LLM training on customer data is already happening. Slack is a recent example. [0] OpenAI is another -- they train on your private chats unless you opt out. [1]

My code has been in a GitHub private repo for years, so clearly, I have some trust in Microsoft not to outright steal it. But LLM training is different. Companies have been giving that a pass.

As a bootstrapped startup founder, having my code in some LLM's "knowledge update" could sink me if it could produce enough of it, even with alterations (hey, knowing my coding abilities, they'd probably be improvements). The same goes for docs, processes, and chats.

Copilot currently says it doesn't train on user data, but EULAs change. Some "we updated our terms" email could be a gloss on "heads up, we now train on your private code."

Is anyone else doing/thinking this, or do I need to take in my hat for alterations?

[0] https://www.techspot.com/news/103055-slack-has-siphoning-user-data-train-ai-models.html

[1] https://help.openai.com/en/articles/7730893-data-controls-faq