GitHub has now made their OpenAI-powered Copilot for Business available to All

GitHub has announced that its OpenAI-powered Copilot for Business is now available for all. This cloud-based AI tool is now available with an updated version for free, team and GitHub Enterprise Cloud consumers. Additionally, it is free to use for verified students and maintainers of popular open source projects. The Copilot for Business, which was first previewed in 2021, costs $19 a month based on Copilot seats. It is the world’s first AI developer tool and it uses context from developers’ code to create new lines, tests, complex algorithms, and even entire functions.

GitHub, powered by generative AI, is an extensive editor that provides real-time code recommendations. The tool is capable of understanding code and natural language prompts, and can generate numerous suggestions that can be quickly accepted or rejected. The tool continues to learn from developers, adapting to their coding styles and conventions.

The new Codex model, developed by OpenAI, translates natural language into code for GitHub’s Copilot for Business. This allows users to use their own preferred editor, such as Visual Studio, Neovim, JetBrains IDEs, or VS Code.The free Copilot has been updated, allowing for improved quality and responsiveness of code suggestions. 

The update also includes a new security filter that helps developers identify non-secure coding patterns.The new Codex model, along with GPT-3.5 and Dall-E 2, is available to developers via Azure OpenAI Services. 

According to GitHub, the Copilot generated 27 per cent of developers’ code files when it was first introduced. Currently, the average across all supported programming languages is 46 per cent, with Java at 61 per cent.The acceptance rate for Copilot is on the lower side, but still increasing. In June 2020, developers accepted an average of 27 per cent of Copilot’s suggestions, rising to 30 per cent in September, and 35 per cent in December.