Github, the AI-powered platform owned by Microsoft, has opened up its chatbot Copilot Chat to all regular users. The announcement was posted by the platform on its blog. The cost of the chatbot for individual users is $10 per month.
According to Github, businesses and organizations can allow their development teams to use Copilot Chat by simply turning on the setting. If, however, they have already granted access to the beta version, then no further steps are required.
Developers can ask the ChatGPT-like AI assistant questions in their native tongue, according to Github. As per Github, they can obtain real-time guidance without having to exit the integrated development environment (IDE).
The AI-powered company claims that Copilot Chat can even write unit tests and explain complicated coding. It can also identify security flaws. According to the company, this AI tool is customized for every developer and their particular coding style.
According to TechCrunch, Shuyin Zhao, vice president of product management at Github, the company has released the “most widely adopted AI developer tool in history.”
GPT 4 powers Copilot Chat, which has been trained using data that is accessible to the general public. A portion of the data is restricted or protected by copyright. Github has maintained that copyright claims are unaffected by the fair use doctrine. However, some programmers have accused Github, Microsoft, and OpenAI of violating IP rights and open source licensing in class action lawsuits they filed.
In response to a query from the website regarding whether codebase owners would have the option to opt out of the training, Zhao stated that there would be no new mechanism. The chief Github executive did, however, advise the owners of the codebases to make their repositories private in order to prevent them from being included in upcoming training sets.