The functionality of Copilot Chat remains largely unchanged since its beta version. It is powered by GPT-4, OpenAI's flagship generative AI model, which is specifically fine-tuned for developer scenarios. Developers can use natural language to prompt Copilot Chat for real-time guidance, such as explaining concepts, detecting vulnerabilities, or writing unit tests.
Key takeaways:
- GitHub's Copilot Chat chatbot feature is now generally available for all users, after launching a limited beta test in July and a beta version for individual developers in September.
- Copilot Chat is available in the sidebar in Microsoft's IDEs, Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio, included as a part of GitHub Copilot paid tiers and free for verified teachers, students and maintainers of certain open source projects.
- The chatbot is powered by GPT-4, OpenAI's flagship generative AI model, fine-tuned specifically for dev scenarios.
- Developers can prompt Copilot Chat in natural language to get real-time guidance, for example asking Copilot Chat to explain concepts, detect vulnerabilities or write unit tests.