GitHub Copilot: Sorry Dave, I can't do that harmful thing - unless you ask me in code

According to the tests, the models showed “near-complete refusal” when asked via chat, in a single, direct prompt, according ...
ZDNet

Productivity and patience: How GitHub Copilot is expanding development horizons

GitHub, the shared repository of choice for developers of all types, has reshaped the playing field for AI-based development with its Copilot offering. The organization estimates that many developers ...
InfoQ

GitHub Copilot CLI Reaches General Availability

GitHub has officially transitioned Copilot CLI into general availability, marking a significant milestone in its effort to weave generative AI across the entire software development lifecycle. The ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Claude Opus 4.5 Lands in GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio and VS Code

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 ...
Neowin

GitHub removes manual model selection from Copilot free and student plans

GitHub is removing the ability to manually select an AI model from its Copilot Free and Student plans, making its automatic routing system the default and only way to choose a model. This means users ...
Ars Technica

Copilot exposes private GitHub pages, some removed by Microsoft

Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant is exposing the contents of more than 20,000 private GitHub repositories from companies including Google, Intel, Huawei, PayPal, IBM, Tencent and, ironically, ...