Unleashing the Power of AI in Development with GitHub Copilot X

GitHub Copilot X is an AI-powered developer experience that builds on the original GitHub Copilot. It introduces several new features including a ChatGPT-like experience in code editors, Copilot for pull requests, AI-generated answers for documentation, and Copilot for the command line interface. It is powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4 model.

One of these features is a ChatGPT-like experience in code editors. This chat interface is focused on developer scenarios and natively integrates with VS Code and Visual Studio. It recognizes what code a developer has typed, and what error messages are shown, and it’s deeply embedded into the IDE. A developer can get in-depth analysis and explanations of what code blocks are intended to do, generate unit tests, and even get proposed fixes to bugs.

Another new feature is Copilot for pull requests. This feature allows developers to use Copilot’s AI capabilities to review and improve pull requests. AI-generated answers for documentation is another new feature that allows developers to get answers to their questions about their projects directly from the documentation.

All these new features are powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4 model, which provides a more personalized developer experience.

GitHub Copilot X is currently only available for preview. You can sign up for the waitlist to test out the tools you’re interested in. If you are looking into more than one feature, you will also need to sign up for each of these separately on their site. You can currently test the following features: Copilot for pull requests, Copilot chat, Copilot for docs, Copilot for CLI, and Copilot voice. It is important to note that you must have a GitHub Copilot subscription to be able to access these tools.

GitHub Copilot for individuals starts at $10 a month (or $100 a year). GitHub does offer a free trial for its users who are looking to try the programming assistant out. The free trial lasts 60 days and is a one-time offer for GitHub users. If you are a business owner, Copilot costs $19 a month per user.

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