What is GitHub CoPilot?
GitHub Copilot is an AI-powered coding assistant developed by GitHub in collaboration with OpenAI. It uses large language models trained on public code repositories to suggest code completions, generate entire functions, and assist with a wide range of programming tasks directly in your editor. How It Works Copilot is powered by OpenAI’s Codex and GPT-4-class models (the underlying models have evolved significantly since launch). It analyzes the context of your current file — comments, function signatures, variable names, surrounding code — and generates suggestions in real time. ...