June 29, 2021 High AI Coding · 1 min read

GitHub Copilot: autocomplete grows up

In one sentence GitHub, with OpenAI, launches a technical preview for Visual Studio Code of an assistant that suggests entire lines and functions right in the editor, based on a GPT-3-derived model trained on public code.

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GitHub introduces Copilot, a coding assistant that lives inside the code editor (at launch, Visual Studio Code).

As you type, Copilot reads the file context and proposes suggestions: the start of a function, the missing block, a test, a comment. Press Tab to accept.

For people who write code, it's the first time "autocomplete" stops completing a word and starts completing an idea.

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GitHub, OpenAI

Tools

GitHub Copilot