GitHub Innovation Graph

Open data on GitHub: Unlocking the potential of AI

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Co-authored by researchers at GitHub and Microsoft, this paper analyzes the more than 800 million open data files, totaling 142 terabytes of data on GitHub. Findings show that GitHub is one of the largest hosts of open data in the world and has experienced an accelerated growth of open data assets over the past four years.

How AI-powered software development may affect labor markets

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Co-authored by researchers at GitHub and MIT, this paper puts recent productivity research on AI-powered code generation tools including GitHub Copilot into context for what they may mean for developers' jobs and policymakers focused on preparing the workforce for AI-induced changes.