These statements from Microsoft sound like AI slop. 

Let me get this straight. The solution is to add a delete button? Wow. Are they paying these guys enough money?

kepford

Both short-term solutions from https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/185387 -

* "restrict pull requests to collaborators"
* "delete pull requests"

are anti-Open Source.

Long-term solutions stink as well:

* "Enhanced permission models" - same as "restrict pull requests to collaborators", rendering the project not "open" anymore.
* "Improved triage tools" - lets ask AI whether a PR meets the guidelines... trying to solve the problem that AI generated PRs don't meet guidelines because... eh... AI can't judge whether a PR meets the guidelines.
* "Transparency in AI-assisted contributions" - ask PR authors whether they used AI?

Code community site begins to see that AI could drive people away

GitHub, the Microsoft code-hosting shop that popularized AI-assisted software development, is having some regrets about its Copilot infatuation.

Last week, product manager Camilla Moraes opened 

 to address "a critical issue affecting the open source community: the increasing volume of low-quality contributions that is creating significant operational challenges for maintainers."

AI slop has come home to roost and GitHub wants help from its community of software developers to figure out how to manage the mess.

"We've been hearing from you that you're dedicating substantial time to reviewing contributions that do not meet project quality standards for a number of reasons – they fail to follow project guidelines, are frequently abandoned shortly after submission, and are often AI-generated," Moraes wrote.

"As AI continues to reshape software development workflows and the nature of open source collaboration, I want you to know that we are actively investigating this problem and developing both immediate and longer-term strategic solutions."

> **Code community site begins to see that AI could drive people away**
>
> GitHub, the Microsoft code-hosting shop that popularized AI-assisted software development, is having some regrets about its Copilot infatuation.
>
> Last week, product manager Camilla Moraes opened [a GitHub community discussion](https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/185387) to address "a critical issue affecting the open source community: the increasing volume of low-quality contributions that is creating significant operational challenges for maintainers."
>
> AI slop has come home to roost and GitHub wants help from its community of software developers to figure out how to manage the mess.
>
> "We've been hearing from you that you're dedicating substantial time to reviewing contributions that do not meet project quality standards for a number of reasons – they fail to follow project guidelines, are frequently abandoned shortly after submission, and are often AI-generated," Moraes wrote. 
>
> "As AI continues to reshape software development workflows and the nature of open source collaboration, I want you to know that we are actively investigating this problem and developing both immediate and longer-term strategic solutions."
>
> [**...read more at theregister.com**](https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/03/github_kill_switch_pull_requests_ai/)