Visual Studio Magazine

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

GitHub Copilot users can now select Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.5 model in chat across Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio ...
InfoWorld

GitHub previews enhanced code search

GitHub has unveiled a technology preview of improved code searching capabilities on its popular code-sharing site, along with “precise” code navigation for Python. Among the enhancements is a new code ...
Geeky Gadgets

Python Overtakes JavaScript: The New King of GitHub

The software development landscape in 2024 is experiencing a profound shift, primarily driven by the integration of artificial intelligence (AI). Contrary to fears of job displacement, AI is actually ...
Computing

Does GitHub’s Copilot AI really “improve code quality”? Err, no, argues developer

GitHub’s claim that its Copilot AI helps improve code quality has been challenged by a developer following an analysis of the research and data behind the claim. Romania-based developer Dan Cîmpianu ...
The Next Web

GitHub claims its AI assistant is helping devs write 30% of their code (Updated)

Update 01/11/2021: GitHub clarified that the 30% figure of AI-generated is applicable to some languages, and not all the code on the platform. In an interview with Axios, Oege de Moor, VP of GitHub ...
Fudzilla

Python eats Java

Python has climbed over once-dominant Java to become the second most popular language on Microsoft-owned open source code sharing site GitHub. Python now outranks Java based on the number of ...