Microsoft has released the source code for the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for VS Code under the MIT license.

It’s important to note that although both Visual Studio Codespaces and GitHub Codespaces are built on top of Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code editor, they are very different products.

The CEO of GitHub says half of all code produced by users of the Copilot programming helper is now AI-generated—but that there’s no sign the technology will replace human coders.

Emilia David is a reporter who writes about AI. She also covers the intersection between technology, finance, and the economy. GitHub wants Copilot, its code completion platform powered by GPT-4 ...