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GitHub launches a free version of its Copilot
Microsoft-owned GitHub today announced a free version of its popular Copilot code completion/AI pair programming tool, which will also now ship by default
And while GitHub recently added the ability to switch between different foundation models, users on the free plan are limited to Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet and OpenAI’s GPT-4o. These competitors typically offer a free plan as well, so it makes sense now for GitHub to lean into the wide distribution of VS Code and go freemium to expand Copilot’s reach. “With Copilot Free, we are returning to our freemium roots and are laying the groundwork for something far greater: AI represents our best path to enabling a GitHub with ome billion developers.
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