The rise of large language models is eliminating the role of mid-level software engineers, as AI tools like Claude Code and GitHub Copilot can now automate the execution phase of coding, reducing the …
Researchers found that coding agents, including GitHub Copilot and OpenAI's Codex, frequently ignore open source contribution guidelines, potentially leading to problematic pull requests. The study, c…
Microsoft released MAI Code 1.1 Flash, a code model for GitHub Copilot that is 25 percent more token-efficient at a quarter of the cost of its predecessor, but benchmarks show it is outperformed by th…
A software developer with 20 years of programming experience has decided to stop using AI-powered coding tools, citing negative impacts on the environment, society, and mental health. The developer, w…
GitHub introduced two new enterprise managed-settings keys, `allowedMcpServers` and `deniedMcpServers`, on August 6 to let organizations centrally control which MCP servers GitHub Copilot can run. The…
A mitmproxy teardown of GitHub Copilot in VS Code revealed that the assistant's context engine shipped a secret from a .env file the user wasn't editing, bundling up to 20 files with 8 edit summaries …
GitHub Copilot Chat now supports OpenTelemetry-based monitoring in VS Code 1.131 or later, enabling developers to send traces and metrics to SigNoz without additional instrumentation. The Copilot Chat…
Developer Arpit Uppal has published a practical guide to AGENTS.md, a markdown file that AI coding agents read at session start to understand a repository's commands, conventions, and architecture. Up…
A developer built a tool to generate agent instruction files from a single AGENTS.md source, but found it does not prevent drift across repositories, global configs, and machines. They then created a …
A developer has released agent_drift, an open-source Python script that detects when copies of AI agent instruction files such as CLAUDE.md, .cursor/rules/*.mdc, and .github/copilot-instructions.md ha…
Microsoft has released MAI-Code-1.1-Flash, an upgraded coding model now in production in GitHub Copilot, delivering 25% faster token streaming, 25% fewer tokens per task, and a 75% cost reduction comp…
OpenAI's GPT-5 Codex, currently in early preview, shows lower hallucination rates and improved reasoning for complex coding tasks compared to GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet, but with higher latency, acc…
GitHub has released an update to GitHub Copilot for JetBrains that adds persistent Copilot memory across chat sessions, support for Ollama as a bring-your-own-key (BYOK) provider, and expanded enterpr…
GitHub announced the deprecation of MAI-Code-1-Flash across all GitHub Copilot experiences on September 10, 2026, following the launch of MAI-Code-1.1-Flash. Users are advised to update workflows and …
Microsoft released MAI-Code-1.1-Flash on August 11th and put the coding model into production in GitHub Copilot, replacing the first version of its in-house coding model just 10 weeks after launch. Th…
GitHub announced at GitHub Universe that developers are shifting from writing code to orchestrating AI agents, with GitHub Copilot serving as the control plane for building software delivery systems. …
Microsoft introduced MAI-Code-1-Flash, a 5B active-parameter coding model designed for efficiency and integrated with GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Code. The company reports up to 60% fewer tokens …
Microsoft's MAI-Code-1.1-Flash, a small-tier coding model with native vision support, is now rolling out in GitHub Copilot, offering a 73% lower list price than its predecessor MAI-Code-1-Flash. The m…
A developer's traffic inspection of GitHub Copilot through a man-in-the-middle proxy reveals that the AI assistant sends snippets from other open editor tabs as context, directly impacting suggestion …
JetBrains WebStorm now supports the Agent Client Protocol (ACP), an open standard that lets developers use any ACP-compliant AI agent, including those from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google, without a Jet…