GitHub released an improved version of Copilot. On your code it will be shorter and you can not only chat but also control the assistant with your voice.

Copilot will be completely revised, Github announces in a blog. Where the previous version still built on the Codex language model to convert text descriptions into code, GPT-4 is anchored in the new version. As a result, the application possibilities of Copilot are significantly more extensive and the user experience more interactive.

Copilot will be found in a chat window with Microsoft’s VS Code and Visual Studio programming applications. Github says it wants to bring Copilot as close to your code as possible. You can use the chat windows to ask Copilot if it finds any bugs or uncertainties in your code. If these bugs can’t be fixed, the AI ​​Assistant can also generate an entirely new code for you to get you back on track.

In addition, Copilot also helps developers with pull requests and documentation for their files. The AI ​​automatically creates descriptions and associated tags of recent changes in the library. For example, developers have to set them up manually every time. Another noticeable innovation is the additional voice recognition. Copilot is not only similar to ChatGPT, but also to Siri and Google Assistant.

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The introduction of the revamped Copilot fits with GitHub’s vision that artificial intelligence should be embedded in every phase of the development process. GitHub launched Copilot in 2021 and says it would already speed up the coding process by 55 percent. Deeper integration of AI functionalities should only speed up code writing. Although Copilot is not uncritical either, as developers claim that the tool is illegitimately using their work.

This future vision also gets its own name. And just to make things less confusing, that’s Copilot X. The AI ​​assistant that helps you code keeps the name Copilot for clarity. It should not be confused with Microsoft Copilot for the 365 ecosystem. The fact that the same name is chosen suggests that in the future there may be an overarching AI assistant for all products living under the Microsoft umbrella.