GitHub Copilot, Cursor, JetBrains: AI Coding Tools and Their Risks
A new Habr analysis of AI in development environments takes an unexpected angle: the main question is no longer the quality of suggestions, but who holds the rights to the code. The author compares GitHub Copilot, Cursor, JetBrains AI and other tools, and shows where real risks begin for teams, from leaks of internal code to conflicts with open source licenses.
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GitHub Copilot, Cursor and JetBrains AI are popular AI tools for development that turn the familiar IDE from a tool into a full-fledged co-author. But they bring not only speed but also new legal risks, as an IT lawyer at ecom.tech explains.
Which AI assistants are popular in development?
The author identifies several groups: AI built into classic IDEs (Visual Studio, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs), and standalone assistants such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor and Amazon Q Developer, which plug into the familiar environment as plugins.
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