Microsoft made Copilot a co-author on every VS Code project, reverted after developers revolted
2026-05-07 · r/technology
Microsoft thought it would be cute to automatically credit Copilot as a co-author on every VS Code project, because apparently AI deserves recognition for code it helped autocomplete. Developers were not amused by their new silicon colleague taking credit, forcing Microsoft to hastily revert the change. Nothing says 'we respect developers' like sneaking an AI's name onto their work without asking.