InfoQ

GitHub Copilot Chat in Open Beta: Now Available for All Individuals in Visual Studio and VS Code

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Z.ai launches ZCode to challenge Cursor, Claude Code and GitHub Copilot in AI coding

Z.ai has launched ZCode, a free AI coding tool powered by GLM-5.2 that challenges Cursor, Claude Code and GitHub Copilot ...
ZDNet

How to use GitHub's AI coding assistant for free - and why it's worth a try

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Visual Studio Magazine

Open Source Codeium Challenges GitHub Copilot, Strips Out Non-Permissive GPL Code

Free and open source Codeium has launched an assault on the front-running, for-pay GitHub Copilot tool in the coding assistant space. Along with being free of OpenAI hegemony, a key selling point in ...
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code Goes Transparent as Open-Source AI Editor

According to Microsoft, the decision to open source GitHub Copilot Chat stems from a growing demand for transparency in how AI-assisted developer tools work -- particularly around prompt engineering, ...
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 ...