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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 agent session streaming is now in public preview
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Copilot agent session streaming is now in public preview

GitHub Enterprise Cloud customers with enterprise managed users can now access GitHub Copilot agent session data across all Copilot clients, including: Cloud ag…

7 questions we had going into Config Leadership Collective
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7 questions we had going into Config Leadership Collective

Issue no.17: Build with joy
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Issue no.17: Build with joy

Cost centers now support AI credit pools
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Cost centers now support AI credit pools

You can now cap how much of your enterprise’s monthly included AI credits a cost center can use. This is available through the REST API today. Management …

Building accessibility into a canvas-based product
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Building accessibility into a canvas-based product

Enterprise managed-settings.json is generally available
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Enterprise managed-settings.json is generally available

GitHub Enterprise Cloud customers can configure AI standards through a managed-settings.json file maintained in a .github-private repository in a selected organ…

Enterprises can default to auto model selection
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Enterprises can default to auto model selection

Enterprise administrators can now set model to auto in the enterprise managed-settings.json to make Copilot auto model selection the default for new conversatio…

New C++ language server config skill for Copilot CLI
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New C++ language server config skill for Copilot CLI

The Microsoft C++ Language Server is now available as a plugin on the Copilot Plugins marketplace. It includes a new built-in setup skill that helps automate pr…

Got skills? Make the Figma agent a better collaborator
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Got skills? Make the Figma agent a better collaborator

Copilot vision is generally available
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Copilot vision is generally available

Copilot vision is now generally available. You can attach images and PDFs directly to your chat prompts so Copilot can reason about what it sees alongside your …

Kimi K2.7 Code is generally available in GitHub Copilot
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Kimi K2.7 Code is generally available in GitHub Copilot

Kimi K2.7 Code, an open-weight model, is now generally available in GitHub Copilot. This is the first open-weight model offered as a selectable option in the Co…

Set AI credit session limits in Copilot CLI and SDK
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Set AI credit session limits in Copilot CLI and SDK

You can now set AI credit session limits in Copilot CLI and the GitHub Copilot SDK to cap the amount an agent spends in a session. This is especially useful&#82…

Trust you can verify: Figma is now ISO 42001 certified
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Trust you can verify: Figma is now ISO 42001 certified

Browser tools for GitHub Copilot in VS Code are generally available
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Browser tools for GitHub Copilot in VS Code are generally available

Browser tools for GitHub Copilot in VS Code are now generally available. Agents can now drive a real browser, navigate live web apps, and feed what they find ba…

Copilot CLI auto model selection routes based on task
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Copilot CLI auto model selection routes based on task

GitHub Copilot auto model selection now routes to the best model for your task in Copilot CLI, using utilization and model health metrics for a high quality, re…

Per-user AI credit budgets available for cost centers
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Per-user AI credit budgets available for cost centers

Enterprise admins can now set a cost center user-level budget: one per-user AI credit budget on a cost center that applies to every individual in it. As members…

Claude Sonnet 5 is generally available for GitHub Copilot
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Claude Sonnet 5 is generally available for GitHub Copilot

Claude Sonnet 5 is Anthropic’s latest Sonnet-class model, now available in GitHub Copilot. It brings strong coding performance to everyday development and…

Copilot Agent is now available in JetBrains AI Assistant
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Copilot Agent is now available in JetBrains AI Assistant

Today, JetBrains and GitHub are announcing a deeper integration between JetBrains AI Assistant and GitHub Copilot. Millions of developers already rely on the Gi…

Start Anywhere, a magazine by Figma
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Start Anywhere, a magazine by Figma

Meet the artists behind Figma’s Season 5 collection
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Meet the artists behind Figma’s Season 5 collection

Claude Opus 4.8 (fast mode) is now in preview for GitHub Copilot
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Claude Opus 4.8 (fast mode) is now in preview for GitHub Copilot

Claude Opus 4.8 (fast mode) is now rolling out in preview on GitHub Copilot. Fast mode delivers significantly faster output token speeds while maintaining the s…

The operational reality of marketing inside an AI company
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The operational reality of marketing inside an AI company

By Tina Sang, Marketing & Growth Lead at falI spent last week at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, where nearly every conversation eventual…

Track total merges by adoption phase in enterprise and organization reports
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Track total merges by adoption phase in enterprise and organization reports

Building on the AI adoption phase cohorts added to the Copilot usage metrics API, organization and enterprise reports now report the total number of pull reques…

MAI-Code-1-Flash for Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise
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MAI-Code-1-Flash for Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise

MAI-Code-1-Flash, Microsoft AI’s in-house coding model, is now generally available for GitHub Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise, building on its rec…

GitHub Copilot for Jira is now generally available
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GitHub Copilot for Jira is now generally available

GitHub Copilot for Jira is now generally available. Since launching the public preview in March 2026, we have shipped a series of enhancements based on your fee…

Enterprise-managed settings now support strictKnownMarketplaces in VS Code and GitHub Copilot CLI
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Enterprise-managed settings now support strictKnownMarketplaces in VS Code and GitHub Copilot CLI

Enterprises can now control which plugins their users can install in GitHub Copilot CLI and VS Code. This setting is now available in public preview. Add strict…

Copilot code review: Analysis depth and efficiency updates
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Copilot code review: Analysis depth and efficiency updates

Copilot code review now uses the built-in file exploration tools available in the Copilot CLI and SDK, significantly improving review cost efficiency with no ch…

Random  styles in draft mode
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Random styles in draft mode

Heya everyone!We're making it easier to explore different styles in draft mode for V8.1. Include --sref random in your draft-mode prompt to create 24 image…

Principles in motion
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Principles in motion

Figma’s design agent, now with custom tools and greater context
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Figma’s design agent, now with custom tools and greater context