Microsoft has released the source code for the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for VS Code under the MIT license.

Microsoft just made GitHub Copilot free and open source software under the MIT License. As of today, you can fork it, modify ...

VS Code’s June 2025 update supercharges GitHub Copilot with new chat customization tools, smarter inline completions, and an ...

Programmer and lawyer Matthew Butterick has sued Microsoft, GitHub, and OpenAI, alleging that GitHub's Copilot violates the terms of open-source licenses and infringes the rights of code authors.

Microsoft has open sourced the GitHub Copilot Chat extension, marking a major step in turning VS Code into an open-source AI ...

VS Code 1.102, otherwise known as the June 2025 release, builds out GitHub Copilot Chat capabilities and finalizes support ...

Most recently, Microsoft has been sued by programmer and lawyer Matthew Butterick, who has alleged that GitHub’s Copilot violates the terms of open-source licenses and infringes the rights of ...

Microsoft Copilot started as a Bing chatbot, but now it encompasses a suite of AI-enhanced services that span Windows, Outlook and more. ... teachers and qualifying open-source projects.

Elsewhere, Microsoft is open sourcing GitHub Copilot in VS Code, its assistive coding extension for Visual Studio Code. Over the next few months, ...

Microsoft struggles with Copilot sales as corps favor ChatGPT; ... Finally, as discussed, Microsoft is looking for ways to integrate more open-source LLMs into Copilot.