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Security Weaknesses of Copilot-Generated Code in GitHub Projects: An Empirical Study

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Main Authors:	Fu, Yujia, Liang, Peng, Tahir, Amjed, Li, Zengyang, Shahin, Mojtaba, Yu, Jiaxin, Chen, Jinfu
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2023
Subjects:	Software Engineering Cryptography and Security
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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