GitHub Copilot's New Multi-Model Approach

Get ready for a change! GitHub Copilot is shaking things up by moving away from just using OpenAI models. Instead, it's adopting a multi-model strategy. This means developers will have more options to choose from when writing code. First up, GitHub Copilot Chat will support Anthropic's Claude 3. 5 Sonnet and later, Google's Gemini 1. 5 Pro. Plus, it will still offer some OpenAI models like GPT-o1-preview and GPT-o1-mini. These new models promise better performance for certain tasks and languages. What's cool about this change? You can switch models mid-conversation to find the best fit for your needs. And organizations can pick which models their team members can use. This isn't just about chat interfaces. Soon, you'll see multi-model choice across many of GitHub Copilot's features, from workspace to code review and more. But that's not all. GitHub Copilot is also getting extensions, multiple file editing from VS Code chats, and a sneak peek at Xcode support. And here's a bonus: GitHub is launching Spark, a tool for building apps using natural language. Whether you're a coder or not, you can create and tweak apps with simple prompts.