GitHub adds AI detector to catch passwords before code push
github has announced a new ai detector, built with microsoft applied sciences, to help developers avoid uploading passwords and other credentials to code repositories. the modernbert‑based classifier evaluates batches of possible secrets in under two milliseconds and could more than double the number of secrets that push protection can prevent. a new secret appears in publicly visible code…
Key points
- modernbert‑based classifier evaluates batches in under two milliseconds
- push protection blocks about 30 % of newly detected secrets before history
- public code pushes screened rose 2.84× from q2 2024 to q2 2026
GitHub adds AI to catch passwords before a code push
helpnetsecurity.com · 8 October 2026
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