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Release-by-release coverage of the AI creation stack: video, image, music, voice, design and code generation tools.

Release-by-release coverage of the AI creation stack: video, image, music, voice, design and code generation tools.

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Copilot code review: Customization and configurability improvements
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Copilot code review: Customization and configurability improvements

Copilot code review now utilizes a firewall, custom setup steps, and independent runner configurations. It now reads custom instructions from the head branch to…

GitHub Copilot app now available in the usage metrics API
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GitHub Copilot app now available in the usage metrics API

The Copilot usage metrics API now reports the GitHub Copilot app usage in the enterprise and organization 1-day and 28-day reports. This gives enterprise and or…

Repository-level GitHub Copilot usage metrics generally available
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Repository-level GitHub Copilot usage metrics generally available

The Copilot usage metrics REST API now reports repository-level activity. Two new endpoints return a daily, per-repository breakdown of pull request activity fo…

Workflow lab: Deploying designs directly with Figma Make
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Workflow lab: Deploying designs directly with Figma Make

GitHub Copilot for JetBrains expands BYOK capabilities
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GitHub Copilot for JetBrains expands BYOK capabilities

This update brings major advances in customization and model provider flexibility to all tiers of GitHub Copilot for JetBrains IDEs. With richer plugin and prov…

GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio — June update
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GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio — June update

June 2026 is about visibility and trust with a clearer view of your GitHub Copilot usage, a new trust layer for MCP servers, and the first C++ scenarios for the…

Agentic autofix for code scanning alerts in public preview
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Agentic autofix for code scanning alerts in public preview

Agentic autofix is now in public preview for code scanning alerts. It remediates alerts by working across your codebase the way a developer would: it explores r…

Security reviews now available in the GitHub Copilot app
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Security reviews now available in the GitHub Copilot app

You can now run a security review on your in-flight code changes directly from the GitHub Copilot app. The /security-review slash command is shipping in public …

From clay 3d render to a real action short: a 3D-to-AI pipeline with total control
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From clay 3d render to a real action short: a 3D-to-AI pipeline with total control

We built a short action film — a 1930s pickup racing a steam freight train through a desert town, and jumping over it — where everything is exactl…

How to keep design teams steady through constant change
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How to keep design teams steady through constant change

FASHN AI: reimagining fashion and photography
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FASHN AI: reimagining fashion and photography

fal EditorialDeep dives with the companies taking AI seriously in the industries that matter. One company, one hard problem, and what it actually takes to solve…

How Decagon uses AI for design system saturation
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How Decagon uses AI for design system saturation

OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna are now available in GitHub Copilot
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OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna are now available in GitHub Copilot

OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 family is now rolling out in GitHub Copilot. GPT-5.6 comes in three variants, Sol, Terra, and Luna, so you can match the model to the job…

Serving sub-second Ideogram v4 without quality loss
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Serving sub-second Ideogram v4 without quality loss

At @fal we serve Ideogram V4 at high speed. At 1K resolution, a generation that used to take 2.75 s now renders in 0.44 s, a 6x speedup with no visible quality …

GPT-5.6 is now available in Figma Make
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GPT-5.6 is now available in Figma Make

How to keep design teams steady through constant change
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How to keep design teams steady through constant change

Ask Copilot for a repository overview
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Ask Copilot for a repository overview

You can now ask GitHub Copilot for a high-level overview of any repository you’re exploring for the first time. When you visit the home page of a reposito…

GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code, June 2026 releases
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GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code, June 2026 releases

This changelog covers VS Code v1.123 through v1.127, shipped throughout June and early July 2026. The latest VS Code releases build on the Copilot experience de…

Deploy managed Copilot settings via MDM in VS Code and CLI
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Deploy managed Copilot settings via MDM in VS Code and CLI

Enterprise administrators can now deliver managed GitHub Copilot settings directly to devices through native mobile device management (MDM) and file-based confi…

Enterprise-managed OpenTelemetry export for VS Code and CLI
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Enterprise-managed OpenTelemetry export for VS Code and CLI

Organizations can now mandate where GitHub Copilot sends OpenTelemetry (OTel) data, so telemetry flows to an approved collector without each developer setting O…

Codex as agent provider and agentic enhancements in JetBrains IDEs
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Codex as agent provider and agentic enhancements in JetBrains IDEs

This update brings Codex as a new agent provider in public preview, expands the Customizations editor with Hooks support and richer MCP server management, and i…

How We Achieved ~1000 tok/s and 16x Throughput with DSpark for Ideogram V4 Prompt Expander
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How We Achieved ~1000 tok/s and 16x Throughput with DSpark for Ideogram V4 Prompt Expander

At @fal , we've achieved 16 times higher throughput on Qwen3.6 for a use-case that required high interactivity per user using DSpark on SGLang. But why did…

Add review cycles and time to adoption phases in the usage API
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Add review cycles and time to adoption phases in the usage API

The Copilot usage metrics API now reports two additional code-review velocity metrics for each AI adoption phase, extending the adoption phase cohorts fields av…

Kimi K2.7 now available for Copilot Business and Enterprise
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Kimi K2.7 now available for Copilot Business and Enterprise

On July 1, 2026, we announced Kimi K2.7 would be available to Copilot Pro, Pro+, and Max plans. The model is now additionally available on Copilot Business and …

Per-user budgets for cost centers in the billing UI
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Per-user budgets for cost centers in the billing UI

Enterprise admins can now create cost center user-level budgets directly in the billing UI where you manage cost centers and budgets. This feature is available …

GitHub Copilot app available to all
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GitHub Copilot app available to all

The GitHub Copilot app is now available on every Copilot plan. Sign in with your GitHub account to start agent-driven development from your desktop. Available o…

Copilot Billing Preview app will be retired on August 3
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Copilot Billing Preview app will be retired on August 3

The Copilot Billing Preview app will be retired on August 3, 2026. If you use it to review your GitHub Copilot spend, you can get even greater visibility direct…

Upcoming deprecation of Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash
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Upcoming deprecation of Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash

We will deprecate Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code c…

Improved accuracy and coverage in Copilot usage metrics reports
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Improved accuracy and coverage in Copilot usage metrics reports

We’ve made three improvements to the Copilot usage metrics API that make its reports more complete and accurate: GitHub Copilot CLI now reports suggested …

Copilot CLI no longer needs a personal access token in GitHub Actions
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Copilot CLI no longer needs a personal access token in GitHub Actions

You can now run GitHub Copilot CLI in GitHub Actions using the built-in GITHUB_TOKEN. This means that you no longer need to create and store a personal access t…