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'AI-Powered Remediation': GitHub Now Offers 'Copilot Autofix' Suggestions for Code Vulnerabilities

InfoWorld reports that Microsoft-owned GitHub "has unveiled Copilot Autofix, an AI-powered software vulnerability remediation service." The feature became available Wednesday as part of the GitHub Advanced Security (or GHAS) service: "Copilot Autofix analyzes vulnerabilities in code, explains why ...

"Since implementing Copilot Autofix, we've observed a 60% reduction in the time spent on security-related code reviews," says one principal engineer quoted in GitHub's announcement, "and a 25% increase in overall development productivity." Code scanning tools detect vulnerabilities, but they don't address the fundamental problem: remediation takes security expertise and time, two valuable resources in critically short supply. Starting in September, we're thrilled to add Copilot Autofix in pull requests to this list and offer it for free to all open source projects...

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