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GitHub Copilot now supports multiple LLMs

Ryan Daws — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 17:33:52 +0000

GitHub is bringing more flexibility and choice to Copilot through the integration of multiple large language models (LLMs). Since its inception, GitHub Copilot has utilised different LLMs for varied uses. The journey began with the deployment of Codex, an early iteration of OpenAI’s GPT-3, that was fine-tuned specifically for coding tasks. The evolution continued with... Read more »

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GitHub Copilot users gain access to Stack Overflow knowledge

Ryan Daws — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 16:10:02 +0000

Stack Overflow has launched an extension for GitHub Copilot that promises to improve how developers find solutions. The extension allows users to pose questions directly within the AI-driven coding assistant and receive summarised responses informed by Stack Overflow’s extensive knowledge base. GitHub and Stack Overflow’s partnership aims to aid developers in tackling their most challenging... Read more »

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GitHub’s Copilot Autofix triples vulnerability remediation speed

Ryan Daws — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 16:00:08 +0000

Shipping software quickly often comes at the cost of security, with vulnerabilities inadvertently making their way into production code. This poses a significant challenge, as many developers find security requirements complex and difficult to implement. “Developers are shipping software faster than previously imaginable, releasing new features early and often. Yet, despite their best efforts to... Read more »

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Judge dismisses majority of GitHub Copilot copyright claims

Ryan Daws — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 13:12:57 +0000

A judge has dismissed the majority of claims in a copyright lawsuit filed by developers against GitHub, Microsoft, and OpenAI. The lawsuit was initiated by a group of developers in 2022 and originally made 22 claims against the companies, alleging copyright violations related to the AI-powered GitHub Copilot coding assistant. Judge Jon Tigar’s ruling, unsealed... Read more »

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GitHub’s code scanning autofix enters public beta

Ryan Daws — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:58:27 +0000

GitHub has announced that its code scanning autofix feature, powered by GitHub Copilot and CodeQL, is now available in public beta for all GitHub Advanced Security customers. The autofix tool aims to remediate over two-thirds of vulnerabilities found during code scanning with minimal editing required by developers. “Our vision for application security is an environment... Read more »

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Copilot X heralds a new era of AI-powered coding

Ryan Daws — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 15:58:35 +0000

GitHub has unveiled Copilot X, an upgraded version of its AI-powered coding assistance tool. Copilot X adopts OpenAI’s latest GPT-4 model and now features chat and voice interfaces, support for pull requests, command-line support, and can generate answer questions from documentation: Unlike traditional coding assistance tools that rely on simple code templates or pre-defined snippets,... Read more »

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Developer demos GPT-4’s coding skills

Ryan Daws — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 15:02:49 +0000

A developer has shown off GPT-4’s prowess in creating mobile apps. If you’ve been living under a rock, GPT-4 – OpenAI’s latest multimodal large language model – was released earlier this week. GPT-4 now exhibits “human-level” performance on several benchmarks. In a simulated law bar exam, GPT-3.5 scored around the bottom 10 percent. GPT-4, however,... Read more »

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SFC urges developers to quit GitHub

Ryan Daws — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 15:46:06 +0000

The SFC (Software Freedom Conservancy) has quit GitHub and urges other developers to follow. SFC is a non-profit that aims to provide a home and services to Free, Libre, and Open Source Software (FLOSS) projects. On Thursday, the SFC posted a blog post criticising the dominant role that GitHub has established in FOSS development. In... Read more »

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