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AI Security2 min readJuly 8, 2026

GitHub Copilot Refuses Harmful Requests in Chat, Then Writes Them in Code

GitHub Copilot's safety guardrails can be bypassed by requesting harmful code through indirect methods—the system refuses dangerous requests in chat but will generate the same harmful code when asked to implement it programmatically. Organizations using A

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