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GitHub looks to keep its AI tools at the pinnacle of innovation, but it might cost you.

Autonomous digital assistants are being developed that can carry out tasks on behalf of the user – including ordering the groceries. But if you don’t keep an eye on them, dinner might not be quite what you expect …

Programmers need a "second brain" to write code faster to keep up with consumer demands in an economy that's dependent on software for most everyday activities.

The finance industry along with other companies and government agencies are still relying on Cobol code from the 1970s.

AI chatbot able to answer developers’ questions based on context takes center stage in Github Copilot X.

Microsoft Corp.’s GitHub unit created one of the first widely deployed programs using OpenAI’s language-generation tools — an app called Copilot that helped software developers write computer code. Now GitHub is adding a chat and voice feature that will let programmers ask how to accomplish certain coding tasks.

GitHub has announced Copilot X, the latest iteration of its original Copilot AI pair programming assistant, complete with new features powered by GPT-4. Copilot X will see a “ChatGPT-like experience” embedded within Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code, allowing developers to query the AI chat interface to receive in-depth analyses…

GitHub is laying off 10% of its staff through June and eliminating its real estate footprint.