Microsoft made Copilot a co-author on every VS Code project, reverted after developers revolted

A recent pull request effectively turned Copilot into a "co-author" for every programming project created in Visual Studio ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Special Embrace? VS Code Adapts to Claude Code's Ecosystem

Reflecting a broader trend of Microsoft embracing Claude AI, recent VS Code updates show the company accommodating Claude Code beyond model selection, with support for Claude-specific instruction ...
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code Curbs Token Use Ahead of Copilot's Controversial Usage-Based Billing Switch

Just two days after GitHub announced usage-based billing for Copilot, Microsoft shipped VS Code 1.118 -- under its new weekly release cadence -- with significant token efficiency improvements designed ...

'That is unacceptable in a professional development workflow': Microsoft acts after VS Code gives Copilot credit for work a human developer did

Copilot' started appearing widely in VS Code The company has reversed this decision effective with version 1.119 Developers ...
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Microsoft expands Copilot features while reversing VS Code AI credit

Microsoft has rolled out new Copilot capabilities across Microsoft 365 apps, including real-time translation in Teams, AI-driven legal analysis in Word, and natural language chart creation in ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft open-sources VS Code Copilot Chat extension on GitHub

Microsoft has released the source code for the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for VS Code under the MIT license. This provides the community access to the full implementation of the chat-based coding ...