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Roughly forty percent of Copilot completions in security-relevant scenarios were vulnerable.

Capability: Writing secure code and dependencies

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Status: activeLast checked: 2026-09-03Evidence activityHow much the field cites the sources under this claimvery heavily cited in the last 12 months413 in 12mo · 952 total — Asleep at the Keyboard? Assessing the Security of GitHub Copilot's Code Contributions
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