Open a modern AI coding tool today and you’ll often see a dropdown you didn’t have to think about a year ago: a list of two or three model names, sometimes with a note like “best for complex tasks” or “fastest.” Pick the wrong one, and you either wait too long for a simple question … Read more
Millions of developers open GitHub Copilot every day without thinking much about which AI model is actually answering them. That changed again this week. On July 9, 2026, GitHub confirmed that OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 family — three separate models named Sol, Terra, and Luna — is now available inside Copilot, giving developers an explicit choice between … Read more
Introduction GitHub released Copilot Agent Mode for VS Code on June 25, 2026 — moving GitHub Copilot from a suggestion-based assistant to a system that autonomously plans and executes multi-step coding tasks. The difference is not incremental. Traditional Copilot suggests code as you type. Agent Mode accepts a natural language task, decides which files to … Read more