GitHub Copilot Chat beta now available for every organization
Blog post from GitHub
GitHub has announced a limited public beta release of GitHub Copilot Chat, a context-aware conversational assistant integrated into Visual Studio and VS Code, designed to enhance the developer experience by leveraging generative AI and GPT-4. This feature, part of GitHub Copilot X, aims to democratize software development by allowing developers to perform complex tasks quickly through simple prompts, thus increasing productivity and creativity. GitHub Copilot Chat offers personalized assistance, real-time guidance, and solutions for coding challenges, security issues, and code analysis, while helping developers stay focused in their integrated development environment (IDE). The tool is expected to significantly enhance productivity, potentially increasing global GDP by $1.5 trillion by 2030. Enterprise administrators can enable the beta for their teams, aiming to boost productivity and facilitate rapid learning and development.