Visual Studio Magazine

GitHub Research Claims Copilot Code Quality Gains in Addition to Productivity

GitHub says new research proves its Copilot AI tool can improve code quality, following earlier reports that said it boosts developer productivity. "Our findings overall show that code authored with ...
ZDNet

How to use GPT-5 in VS Code with GitHub Copilot

GitHub Copilot Pro now supports GPT-5 in VS Code. A 30-day trial lets you test premium models for free. Add your OpenAI key to bypass Copilot restriction. First, open VS Code. Click the little Copilot ...
TechCrunch

GitHub Copilot brings mockups to life by generating code from images

GitHub has announced a slew of updates for Copilot, while also giving a glimpse into a more agentic future for its AI-powered pair programmer. Among the notable updates includes a feature called ...
TechCrunch

GitHub launches a free version of its Copilot

Microsoft-owned GitHub announced on Wednesday a free version of its popular Copilot code completion/AI pair programming tool, which will also now ship by default with Microsoft’s popular VS Code ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft open-sources VS Code Copilot Chat extension on GitHub

Microsoft has released the source code for the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for VS Code under the MIT license. This provides the community access to the full implementation of the chat-based coding ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Hands On with New Experimental GitHub Copilot 'Agent Skills' in VS Code

Visual Studio Code 1.108 adds experimental Agent Skills, allowing GitHub Copilot to load custom instructions, scripts, and resources for specialized tasks. Agent Skills are defined in a simple folder ...
SiliconANGLE

Microsoft adds new code modernization features to GitHub Copilot and Azure Migrate

Microsoft Corp. today updated its GitHub Copilot and Azure Migrate services with new features designed to help companies modernize their legacy applications. The enhancements are rolling out alongside ...
Crypto Briefing

GitHub unveils AI coding router with frontier-level quality

GitHub's Project HydraFusion routes coding tasks across multiple AI models, matching Claude Opus 5 quality while cutting ...
techtimes

Open-Weight AI Enters GitHub Copilot: Kimi K2.7 Code Costs Less, Audits Differently

GitHub moved the AI coding landscape on Wednesday when it made Kimi K2.7 Code — a Beijing-built, open-weight model from Moonshot AI — generally available in the GitHub Copilot model picker, marking ...
techtimes

GitHub Copilot Replaces GPT-4 With Project Polaris, Ships Multi-Agent VS Code at Build

An audience member seated near a Microsoft logo listens as Microsoft Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella speaks during the Microsoft Build conference opening keynote in Seattle, ...
InfoQ

GitHub Copilot Desktop App Targets Parallel Agentic Workflows

GitHub has introduced the GitHub Copilot app, a desktop control centre for agent-native development that aims to keep engineers in charge while AI agents handle more coding work. Mario Rodriguez ...
TechSpot

GitHub Copilot will use your data for AI training by default, but you can opt out

A hot potato: GitHub has announced that starting April 24, the company will begin using interaction data from Copilot Free, Pro, and Pro+ users to train and improve its AI models unless they opt out.