News VS Code Goes Transparent as Open-Source AI Editor By David Ramel 06/30/2025 Microsoft today announced the first milestone of its project to transform the popular Visual Studio Code editor into an ...

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 ...

The brand-new Visual Studio 2022 v17.12 lets developers specify the AI model they want to use with the baked-in GitHub Copilot, but some devs are clamoring for more options, such as the ...

GitHub has announced a free version of its AI coding assistant Copilot, that will be integrated directly into Microsoft’s Visual Studio (VS) Code editor. The monthly fee until now had been $10 a ...

Why open‑source GitHub Copilot Chat The primary motivations for this move are community‑driven innovation and data transparency. The VS Code team emphasises that as AI becomes central to ...

GitHub has expanded Copilot to include Agent Mode and the Copilot Edits function, which are now generally available in Visual Studio Code. A new AI option, Gemini 2.0 Flash, is available to users.

GitHub releases Copilot Free for Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code. Developers can use programming help free of charge.

AI-powered coding just got more accessible with GitHub Copilot's free plan. Here's how to set it up in VS Code, step-by-step, and find out whether it's smart enough to actually improve your work.

Here are some AI Code Generator Assistants for VS Code that you can install to code more efficiently - Codeium, Tabnine, Cody, Bito AI, Github Copilot, etc.