Microsoft supercharges Visual Studio Code 1.116 with native AI and deep agent debugging

Stop hunting for extensions. Visual Studio Code 1.116 is here, baking GitHub Copilot directly into the core and giving you ...
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GitHub Copilot angles for promotion from assistant to agent

Build Microsoft's GitHub Copilot can now act as a coding agent, capable of implementing tasks or addressing posted issues within the code hosting site.… What distinguishes a coding agent from an AI ...
TechRepublic

GitHub Copilot’s New AI Coding Agent Saves Developers Time – And Requires Their Oversight

GitHub Copilot’s New AI Coding Agent Saves Developers Time – And Requires Their Oversight Your email has been sent GitHub has launched a powerful AI coding agent in Copilot that writes code, fixes ...
CNBC

Microsoft introduces GitHub AI agent that can code for you

Microsoft's GitHub unit is enabling developers to summon the Copilot artificial intelligence assistant and ask it to handle specific tasks, such as fixing bugs or rewriting code. Copilot submits its ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Hands On with New Experimental GitHub Copilot 'Agent Skills' in VS Code

Visual Studio Code 1.108 adds experimental Agent Skills, allowing GitHub Copilot to load custom instructions, scripts, and resources for specialized tasks. Agent Skills are defined in a simple folder ...
ZDNet

Copilot's Coding Agent brings automation deeper into GitHub workflows

Think about the relationship of Photoshop and, say, Google Photos. Photoshop can perform editing and retouching tasks on photos and graphic images. Google Photos, on the other hand, is used to view ...
SecurityWeek

Claude Code, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot Agents Vulnerable to Prompt Injection via Comments

Anthropic’s Claude Code Security Review, Google’s Gemini CLI Action, and GitHub Copilot Agent hacked via prompt injection ...
Windows Report

Visual Studio Code Adds Built-In Copilot Chat and Agent Debug Logs

Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code version 1.116, introducing a set of AI-focused improvements that refine developer workflows and make Copilot available out of the box.
InfoWorld

GitHub Copilot SDK allows developers to build Copilot agents into apps

Available in a technical preview, the SDK for Node.js, Python, Go, and .NET provides programmatic access to the agentic power of the Copilot CLI. GitHub has launched a technical preview of the GitHub ...
TheServerSide

What is GitHub Copilot Agent mode?

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. GitHub Copilot Agent mode is an advanced development assistant that works across your entire ...

Copilot is now injecting ads into GitHub pull requests. It's a disaster.

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

Microsoft introduces GitHub AI agent that can code for you

Microsoft's GitHub unit on Monday introduced a Copilot artificial intelligence agent that can take on specific programming work and inform people once it has finished. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, ...