According to Github, businesses and organizations can expose their development team to Copilot Chat by simply activating the feature. The AI-powered program, owned by Microsoft, has made its chatbot Copilot Chat available to all users, as announced on the platform’s website blog. Individual users can obtain the chatbot for $10 per month.
Developers can leverage their natural language skills to engage with the ChatGPT-like AI assistant, as stated by Github. Businesses and organizations can facilitate access to Copilot Chat for their development teams by enabling the environment. If access to the beta version has already been granted, no further action is required.
Engineers have the flexibility to interact with the ChatGPT-like AI assistant in their preferred language, allowing them to receive real-time guidance without leaving the integrated development environment (IDE), according to Github.
The AI-powered tool, Copilot Chat, is designed to assist in creating unit tests, identifying security vulnerabilities, and explaining complex coding structures. Each developer’s coding practices are personalized to suit this AI tool, as highlighted by the organization.
Described as “the most widely adopted AI developer tool in history” by Shuyin Zhao, vice president of product management at Github, in an interview with the technical site Cnet.
The chat’s underlying power source is GPT-4, trained on publicly available information, with some data subject to strict licensing or copyright restrictions. Github claims protection under fair use theory, despite facing class action lawsuits from some programmers alleging violations related to the use of Internet and registration.
When questioned about the possibility of codebase owners opting out of the coaching, Zhao mentioned that there is no new method in place. However, Github’s top executive recommended that codebase owners keep their repositories private to avoid inclusion in future training sets.
