A developer caught Copilot adding promotional "tips" to code descriptions, highlighting a messy new era of AI slop.

Following backlash from developers, GitHub has removed Copilot's ability to stick ads - what it calls "tips" - into any pull request that invokes its name.  Australian developer Zach Manson noted on ...

Microsoft's GitHub next month plans to begin using customer interaction data – "specifically inputs, outputs, code snippets, ...

If you’re working with Python or other coding languages to develop applications or the next AI service that is going to transform our lives, you might need extra help but not have the resources to ...

Visual Studio Code 1.112, released March 18, expands Copilot agent autonomy, adds MCP server sandboxing on macOS and Linux, enables in-editor web app debugging, and broadens monorepo support for agent ...

GitHub wants Copilot, its code completion platform powered by GPT-4, present throughout the lifecycle of development, including the very beginning of a coding project. The company is announcing GitHub ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

A quick hands-on proof of concept shows how Visual Studio's new custom-agent framework can be aimed at a real Blazor project, along with what else is new in the March update.

Earlier this year, GitHub rolled out Copilot Chat, a ChatGPT-like programming-centric chatbot for organizations subscribed to Copilot for Business. Copilot Chat more recently came to individual ...

Developers were (understandably) furious with Copilot and other ads appearing in their pull requests – now GitHub has ...

It was inevitable. After three years in the ad-free "honeymoon" phase, ads are slowly creeping into generative AI products, including Copilot.