A look at the promise and peril of generative AI, as Microsoft plans to develop GitHub Copilot for other job categories, like security and video game design (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
GitHub launches Copilot for Business, with corporate licensing and policy controls, for $19/user per month, and claims it won’t store or share companies’ code  —  GitHub Copilot, GitHub’s service that intelligently suggests lines of code, is now available in a plan for enterprises months …

Tom Warren / The Verge:
GitHub is experimenting “Hey, GitHub!”, a new voice-based interaction system for its Copilot software that will allow programmers to code with just their voice  —  Microsoft-owned GitHub is experimenting with a new voice-based interaction system for its Copilot software.

James Vincent / The Verge:
Q&A with the lawyers “challenging the legality of GitHub Copilot” through a proposed class action suit, which could have a huge impact on generative AI models  —  Microsoft, its subsidiary GitHub, and its business partner OpenAI have been targeted in a proposed class action lawsuit alleging …

Dina Bass / Bloomberg:
Microsoft unveils Supply Chain Center software in preview to help customers track supply chains by combining data from its own programs plus Oracle and others  —  Microsoft Corp. unveiled software that will help customers track and coordinate supply-chain systems by combining data …

John Herrman / New York Magazine:
An in-depth look at AI image-creation tools like Imagen, DALL-E 2, and Midjourney; Midjourney users are making concept art for clients and using stock art less  —  How we work — even think — changes when we can instantly command convincing images into existence.

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Dropbox says hackers stole code and some API keys from 130 GitHub repositories via a phishing campaign, but its core apps and infrastructure were unaffected  —  Dropbox disclosed a security breach after threat actors stole 130 code repositories after gaining access to one of its GitHub …