A new "AI pair programmer" represents a breakthrough in the third revolution of software development: the use of AI in coding. Powered by a new AI system developed by OpenAI, GitHub Copilot is ...

The plan offers 2000 code completions and 50 chat requests per month, as well as access to the GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet models. GitHub promises continuous improvement through new AI features.

If you’re an R programmer hoping to try GitHub Copilot, you’ll need to use Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code. Here’s how to set up and use VS Code for R.

The original AI-powered code completion tool stemming from early OpenAI technology, GitHub Copilot, now comes in a free tier for the Visual Studio IDE and Visual Studio Code, along with other editors.

Visual Studio Code is a lightweight IDE from Microsoft for developers to write code in a variety of languages like Python, PHP and more. It has inbuilt support for Git as well.

For those who spend their days (and sometimes nights) immersed in code, GitHub Copilot is a valuable addition to your toolkit. It’s like having a co-pilot in the cockpit of a plane, but for coding.