{"slug": "vs-code-1-143-copilot-default-and-local-ai-with-a-catch", "title": "VS Code 1.143: Copilot Default and Local AI With a Catch", "summary": "Visual Studio Code 1.143 makes GitHub Copilot the default agent harness, adds experimental local AI inference that requires a 96GB GPU, and introduces multi-model comparison, byteiota reported. The release gives developers a built-in agent workflow and a way to compare model outputs, while the 96GB GPU requirement limits local inference to high-end hardware.", "body_md": "VS Code 1.143 makes Copilot the default agent harness, ships experimental local AI inference with a 96GB GPU requirement, and adds multi-model comparison.\n\nThe post \nVS Code 1.143: Copilot Default and Local AI With a Catch\n appeared first on \nbyteiota\n.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/vs-code-1-143-copilot-default-and-local-ai-with-a-catch", "canonical_source": "https://byteiota.com/vscode-1143-copilot-harness-local-ai/", "published_at": "2026-10-25 16:08:34+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-25 17:12:35.042548+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "developer-tools", "ai-agents", "large-language-models", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Visual Studio Code", "GitHub Copilot", "byteiota"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/vs-code-1-143-copilot-default-and-local-ai-with-a-catch", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/vs-code-1-143-copilot-default-and-local-ai-with-a-catch.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/vs-code-1-143-copilot-default-and-local-ai-with-a-catch.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/vs-code-1-143-copilot-default-and-local-ai-with-a-catch.jsonld"}}