Ai Coding Assistants
The latest Ai Coding Assistants coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
GitHub Copilot’s Usage-Based Pricing Has Landed: What Windows Dev Teams Must Know
On June 1, 2026, GitHub flipped the switch on a pricing model that fundamentally changes what it costs to use Copilot’s most powerful features. While code completions remain unlimited on paid...
GitHub Copilot Projected to Command 42% of AI Coding Tool Market by 2026
GitHub Copilot will hold a 42 percent share of the paid AI coding assistant market in 2026, with 4.7 million subscribers, according to a new ranking from Nubia Page. The data, published this week,...
Google’s Android Bench Adopts Harbor Framework, Claude 3.5 Sonnet Tops AI Coding Leaderboard
Google has overhauled its Android Bench, the popular evaluation suite for AI coding assistants that specialize in Android app development. The benchmark now runs on the standardized Harbor framework,...
GitHub Kills Model Picker for Copilot Free and Student Users, Enforces Automatic AI Model Selection
GitHub abruptly removed the manual model picker from its Copilot Free and Student plans on June 24, 2026, forcing all users on those tiers to rely exclusively on the AI-driven Copilot Auto for model...
Google's Gemini 3.5 Flash Lags Behind Older OpenAI Models in Critical Android Coding Benchmarks
A fresh set of Android Bench scores published by Google on its Android Developers portal reveals a surprising outcome: Gemini 3.5 Flash, the company's latest lightweight AI model, managed only a 63.7...
Microsoft Disabled Over 70 Open-Source Repositories After AI-Generated Credential Malware Discovery
Microsoft and GitHub have temporarily taken down more than 70 open-source repositories linked to Microsoft after security researchers discovered that attackers exploited AI coding tools to inject...
GitHub Disables 73 Microsoft Repos After Malicious Commit via 'Miasma' AI Workspace
GitHub has taken the unprecedented step of disabling 73 repositories belonging to Microsoft after a malicious commit was detected in the Azure/durabletask repository on June 5, 2026. The commit was...
Microsoft Restricts Internal Claude Code Use, Mandates Copilot CLI by June 30, 2026
Microsoft has reportedly started clamping down on internal use of Anthropic’s Claude Code, instructing engineering teams within its Experiences + Devices division to migrate to GitHub Copilot CLI...
MIT-Licensed Copilot for Eclipse Exposes Client-Side Code, Server Model Stays Secret
Microsoft made good on a longstanding pledge on May 21, 2026, publishing the complete source code for GitHub Copilot’s Eclipse plugin on GitHub under the permissive MIT license. The move transforms...
Microsoft Reportedly Cancels Thousands of Claude Code Licenses, Shifts to Copilot CLI
Microsoft is pulling the plug on most internal licenses for Anthropic’s Claude Code across its Experiences and Devices organization, according to an internal mandate that sets a June 30, 2026...
UC San Diego Adds GitHub Copilot to CS Courses, Teaching Students ‘Calibrated Trust’ in AI
The University of California San Diego’s Computer Science Department will integrate GitHub Copilot into selected programming courses starting this spring, marking one of the first large-scale...
GitHub Copilot Pauses Pro, Pro+, and Student Sign-Ups: Microsoft Tightens AI Access Limits
GitHub has suspended new sign-ups for Copilot Pro, Copilot Pro+, and Copilot for Students, marking the most significant access restriction since the AI coding assistant's consumer launch. The move...