GitHub Copilot, OpenAI’s AI-powered assistant that proposes code and complete features in real time, now available to all developers priced at $10 per month or $100 per year, but some options have been enabled that allow you to use them for free.
since its launch technical preview Last year GitHub Copilot proved to be an interesting resource for programmers, mainly to help them avoid wasting time with certain repetitive tasks by not trying to replace them.
A new tool for writing code
Copilot is based on the OpenAI Codex algorithm, an artificial intelligence system that can “translate natural language to code”. GitHub has decided train with a few terabytes of source code something available on the platform, not without controversy.
But that training was one of the keys so the tool could “predict” what the programmer would type to suggest the next line of code. Also introduce all methods, standard code and even complex algorithms.
Used by over 1.2 million developers technical preview, GitHub Copilot has reached significant milestones. For example, alreadyitches almost 40% of python code Reaching a Microsoft owned platform and everything shows that it will continue to grow.
One of the advantages of this solution, according to the creators, is that it integrates directly (and covertly) with some of the most used code editors, among them Neovim, JetBrains IDE, Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code.
As mentioned above, Copilot is available to all developers from today. For a payment of $10 per month or $100 for a year. But GitHub says it will be available for free “for verified students and code keepers.”
Members of the “GitHub Global Campus Program” will have free access to Copilot from the GitHub Education dashboard. So do developers working on open source projects. For the latter, GitHub says, “Visit the GitHub Copilot registration page to see if you’re one of the open source providers that meets our criteria.”
Those who do not meet the above-mentioned requirements will also have the opportunity to start using Copilot without paying. On the subscription page you will find the “” button.Start my free trial” will allow them to use the assistant for free for 60 days.
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