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GitHub Desktop app uninstalls, user questions AI code integration

A user discovered that GitHub Desktop version 2.5.4 was uninstalled from a rarely used Windows 7 PC. This prompted the user to question whether any AI-related code had been incorporated into the desktop application at some point, given the increasing integration of AI into GitHub's ecosystem. AI

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GitHub Desktop app uninstalls, user questions AI code integration

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    It was just an odd chance that I even noticed it, but on a running # Windows7 PC that's rarely used now, I previously installed a v.2.5.4 copy of # GitHub # Des

    It was just an odd chance that I even noticed it, but on a running # Windows7 PC that's rarely used now, I previously installed a v.2.5.4 copy of # GitHub # Desktop . It was gone 2 minutes later, as I no longer use GitHub for my # repository , and it's certainly not needed on an …