GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot is powered by a combination of large language models (LLMs), including a customized version of OpenAI’s GPT that translates natural language to code and additional models from Microsoft and GitHub to further hone and improve upon results. Available as an extension for Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Neovim, and the JetBrains suite of integrated development environments (IDEs), GitHub Copilot works alongside developers in their preferred editor, where they can either type as they go or write comments to get coding suggestions. As a result, developers spend less time creating boilerplate and repetitive code patterns, and more time on what matters: building great software. GitHub Copilot was developed with security, privacy, and responsibility in mind. GitHub Copilot for Business never retains customer code from prompts or suggestions. Only users who are on an individual license and choose to opt-in will be retained. Additionally, users can enable a mechanism that blocks suggestions that match public code, even if the likelihood of matches is low.How do you position yourself against your competitors?GitHub Copilot has been generally available to developers since June 2022, even before the wide availability of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and to businesses since December 2022. Over that time, GitHub Copilot has been adopted by over 1 million developers and 20,000 businesses.Furthermore, it has also been validated to deliver on its purported productivity benefits - developers using GitHub Copilot are coding up to 55% faster and report being 75% more satisfied with their work, which can ultimately lead to organizational impact such as accelerated innovation and greater efficiency.
