Following backlash from developers, GitHub has removed Copilot's ability to stick ads - what it calls "tips" - into any pull request that invokes its name.  Australian developer Zach Manson noted on ...

A developer caught Copilot adding promotional "tips" to code descriptions, highlighting a messy new era of AI slop.

Rubber Duck uses a second model from a different AI family to evaluate the primary agent’s plans, question assumptions, and ...

Microsoft is preparing to make remote AI agents a native part of Visual Studio, marking a key evolution in how developers interact with GitHub Copilot and the IDE's AI-assisted features. According to ...

Visual Studio Code 1.108 adds experimental Agent Skills, allowing GitHub Copilot to load custom instructions, scripts, and resources for specialized tasks. Agent Skills are defined in a simple folder ...

Microsoft has denied the GitHub Copilot ad reports and told Windows Latest that it does not plan to show ads on GitHub.

GitHub said Wednesday it has launched a new interface allowing developers to delegate coding tasks to its Copilot AI assistant from any page on its platform and track progress in the background. The ...

As artificial intelligence continues to reshape industries, one of the most significant innovations in the software world is the rise of coding agents. They are reshaping how code is written, tested ...

At GitHub Universe 2025, GitHub unveiled Agent HQ, a new platform integrating coding agents from major AI labs including OpenAI. At GitHub Universe 2025, GitHub today announced Agent HQ. Agent HQ ...

The future of software creation lies not in writing more code, but in architecting ecosystems of collaborative AI agents.

It was inevitable. After three years in the ad-free "honeymoon" phase, ads are slowly creeping into generative AI products, including Copilot.

Developers were (understandably) furious with Copilot and other ads appearing in their pull requests – now GitHub has ...