Microsoft has introduced a free tier for users of its GitHub Copilot AI service who also use its VS Code code editor/IDE. The free tier offers developers with a GitHub account 2,000 code completions ...

GitHub Copilot offers new features in VS Code. Agent Mode is now available. Project Padawan takes over routine tasks automatically. GitHub has introduced new extensions for its programming tool ...

Since Microsoft-owned GitHub introduced the experimental Agent Mode for GitHub Copilot, the original "AI pair programmer" description of the tool advanced to "autonomous peer programmer" en route to ...

GitHub, the world"s most popular developer platform, has crossed 150 million developers. To celebrate this milestone, Microsoft is making GitHub Copilot free in VS Code. This free version is also ...

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 ...

GitHub has added Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.5 to the set of models available in GitHub Copilot Chat, and the model is now selectable directly inside Microsoft developers' primary tools: Visual Studio ...

GitHub Copilot free tier now integrates directly into VS Code Limits include 2,000 monthly code completions and 50 chats GitHub now supports 150 million developers on its platform Microsoft-owned ...

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 ...

Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (VS Code) team has reached a key milestone in its vision to transform VS Code into an open‑source AI editor. On 30 June 2025, the team announced that the GitHub Copilot ...

Before we begin, I will share one cautionary note. In my testing of the free GitHub Copilot's programming prowess, the AI failed half of my tests. That's not great. Paid subscriptions offer access to ...