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 (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

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 …

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
AWS announces Amazon DataZone, a service that uses machine learning to help enterprises catalog, discover, share, and govern their data  —  At its re:Invent conference, AWS today announced Amazon DataZone, a new data management service that can help enterprises catalog, discover, share and — most importantly — govern their data.

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
NYC-based Teampay, a low-code service to help enterprises automate software purchasing, raised a $47M Series B, comprising $35.25M equity and $11.75M debt  —  In 2016, Andrew Hoag, formerly a senior manager at Verisign and a web project lead at NASA’s Ames Research Center, founded Teampay …

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
Bitwarden, an open-source password manager for individuals and enterprises, raised $100M led by PSG, its first substantial outside funding since 2015  —  Bitwarden, an open-source password manager for enterprises and consumers, has raised $100 million in a round of funding led by PSG, with participation form Battery Ventures.

Dina Bass / Bloomberg:
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  —  The most hyped words in tech today may be “generative AI.”  The term describes artificially intelligent technology that can generate art …