--- title: AI is keeping GitHub chief legal officer Shelley... description: GitHub's chief legal officer discusses the EU's AI Act and concerns surrounding Copilot and ownership. The EU AI Act aims to govern AI applications based on... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-is-keeping-github-chief-legal-officer-shelley-mckinley-busy-a7vumiptr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: AI is keeping GitHub chief legal officer Shelley McKinley busy | daily.dev og:description: GitHub's chief legal officer discusses the EU's AI Act and concerns surrounding Copilot and ownership. The EU AI Act aims to govern AI applications based on... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-is-keeping-github-chief-legal-officer-shelley-mckinley-busy-a7vumiptr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/A7VuMIPtr.png og:image:alt: AI is keeping GitHub chief legal officer Shelley McKinley busy og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AI is keeping GitHub chief legal officer Shelley McKinley busy **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 9 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GitHub's chief legal officer discusses the EU's AI Act and concerns surrounding Copilot and ownership. The EU AI Act aims to govern AI applications based on perceived risks. GitHub is lobbying for exemptions for open source software developers. Copilot, GitHub's AI-enabled pair-programming tool, has faced criticism for being proprietary and reliant on open source code. McKinley highlights the need for education and understanding of AI and collaborates with policymakers to allocate liability responsibly. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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