Tech Times

GitHub Copilot Breaks Agent Barrier: Free Desktop App, JetBrains, Cost Controls

GitHub also launches Codex as an agent provider in JetBrains IDEs and rolls out AI credit pools giving enterprise admins ...
techtimes

Open-Weight AI Enters GitHub Copilot: Kimi K2.7 Code Costs Less, Audits Differently

GitHub moved the AI coding landscape on Wednesday when it made Kimi K2.7 Code — a Beijing-built, open-weight model from Moonshot AI — generally available in the GitHub Copilot model picker, marking ...
The Next Web

GitHub freezes new Copilot sign-ups as agentic AI breaks the economics of flat-rate developer subscriptions

Agentic coding workflows are now routinely generating costs that exceed what users pay per month. GitHub’s response, pausing new sign-ups for Pro, Pro+, and Student plans and tightening usage caps, ...
PC World

GitHub Copilot’s price shakeup could end cheap AI coding as we know it

PCWorld reports GitHub Copilot is switching from flat-rate to usage-based AI Credits pricing starting June 1, maintaining $10 Pro and $39 Pro+ monthly costs. This change addresses unsustainable ...
TechCrunch

GitHub launches a free version of its Copilot

Microsoft-owned GitHub announced on Wednesday a free version of its popular Copilot code completion/AI pair programming tool, which will also now ship by default with Microsoft’s popular VS Code ...
InfoQ

GitHub Will Use Copilot Interaction Data from Free, Pro, and Pro+ Users to Train AI Models

A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with ...
The Verge

Gemini 3 Pro is already available in GitHub Copilot.

In addition to launching across the Gemini app, in Search, and a new Antigravity platform, Google’s flagship AI model has arrived in preview for GitHub Copilot subscribers, who can now choose Gemini 3 ...
ZDNet

How to use GPT-5 in VS Code with GitHub Copilot

GitHub Copilot Pro now supports GPT-5 in VS Code. A 30-day trial lets you test premium models for free. Add your OpenAI key to bypass Copilot restriction. First, open VS Code. Click the little Copilot ...
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 ...
Hindustan Times

GitHub Copilot’s new pricing could raise costs 9x from June 1: Best AI coding alternatives for developers

Copilot is ditching the old “premium request” meter and switching to GitHub AI Credits. From June 1, every interaction is billed by tokens — input, output, even the bits cached in memory — at the same ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Comparing Amazon Q and GitHub Copilot Agentic AI in VS Code

Amazon Q Developer outperformed GitHub Copilot Pro in some aspects, completing a complex editorial task in 5 minutes compared to Copilot's 15 minutes. While GitHub Copilot demonstrated superior ...