Copilot, GitHub's AI code suggestion tool, is now available for everyone, the company announced on Tuesday. Anyone can use the pair programmer for $10 a month or $100 a year. It will be free for students and organizers of popular open source projects.
Copilot, built with OpenAI’s Codex tool and Microsoft-owned GitHub’s code database, launched almost exactly a year ago as a technical preview. From the jump, the program both wowed and terrified developers with its scarily useful blocks of code. It can autocomplete repetitive code, offer lists of potential solutions and turn comments into code. The tool could revolutionize coding education, style and workplace practices. Making it general access moves it one step closer to becoming mainstream in the workplace.
You can start using Copilot with a 60-day free trial. GitHub announced it will be offering Copilot to companies later this year.