Visual Studio Code
The latest Visual Studio Code coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
ATO’s 800-Developer AI Coding Assistant Pilot: COBOL Translation, Privacy Demands, and the Vendor Battle
The Australian Taxation Office is preparing to issue a request for tender for an enterprise-grade AI coding assistant that will serve roughly 800 in-house developers—a move that could set a...
Microsoft’s AI Coding Assistant Under Fire as GitHub Copilot Command Injection Chain Exposes Developers to Remote Code Execution
A zero-click AI command injection flaw in Microsoft 365 Copilot, tracked as CVE-2025-32711 and nicknamed EchoLeak, laid bare a dangerous new attack surface in June 2025. The vulnerability carried a...
Microsoft Rolls Out GPT-5 Across Copilot, GitHub, and Azure with Smart Model Router
Microsoft activated OpenAI’s newly released GPT-5 across its entire Copilot and developer ecosystem on August 7, 2025 — the same day OpenAI went public with the model. The sweeping update puts...
VS Code 1.103 Delivers Chat Checkpoints, Letting Developers Rewind AI Code Edits
Visual Studio Code’s July 2025 update (version 1.103) introduces a safety net for AI-driven coding: chat checkpoints that let developers rewind both their conversation and workspace when AI edits...
GitHub CEO Departs as Microsoft Integrates Platform into CoreAI, No Successor Named
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke is stepping down, and Microsoft will not appoint a successor—instead folding the world’s largest code-hosting platform directly into its CoreAI organization. The move,...
GPT-5 Launch Sparks Musk-Nadella Clash, But Azure’s Model Router Quietly Redefines the Enterprise AI Battle
Elon Musk’s blunt warning that “OpenAI is going to eat Microsoft alive” after the August 7, 2025 launch of GPT‑5 crystallized a volatile moment in enterprise AI, but the far more telling...
Microsoft Quietly Rolls Out GPT-5 for Free in Copilot, Unlocking Smart AI Across Windows, GitHub, and Visual Studio Code
Microsoft has begun silently baking GPT-5, OpenAI's newest and most capable large language model, into every corner of its Copilot ecosystem—and you won’t need a ChatGPT Plus subscription to use...
GPT-5 Now Powers Microsoft Copilot, GitHub, and Azure—With Smart Mode and a 400K Context Window
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Microsoft Switches on GPT-5 Across Copilot, Office, and GitHub with New Smart Mode
Microsoft has flipped the switch on GPT-5 across its entire product range, making OpenAI’s newest reasoning model the default engine for Copilot, Microsoft 365, GitHub, and Azure AI Foundry as of...
Microsoft Copilot Supercharged: GPT-5 Now Free Across Windows, Mac, and Mobile
Microsoft is rolling out OpenAI's huge GPT-5 model to its entire Copilot ecosystem, making the latest generative AI capabilities available to Windows, Mac, and mobile users at no cost in many cases....
GPT-5 Lands Across Microsoft's AI Suite: What Free Access Means for Developers and Enterprises
On August 7, Microsoft lit the fuse on a sweeping AI upgrade that places OpenAI’s newly released GPT-5 directly into the hands of billions of users. The Redmond giant is rolling out the model...
Visual Studio 18: Revolutionizing Software Development with AI-Driven IDE Innovation
Microsoft Visual Studio has traditionally been a cornerstone in the world of software development, recognized for its robust capabilities, tight integration with the .NET ecosystem, and a rich suite...