GitHub code writing AI is now available to all developers

For $ 10 a month or $ 100 a year, developers around the world can now use Copilot as predictive text for programming.

GitHub is knocking on the door of the next big leap in programming, making Copilot, its AI-powered coding assistant, widely available to developers around the world.

Copilot was first unveiled in June 2021 as an AI programmer’s assistant that essentially does the coding of what predictive text does to write emails.

Developed in collaboration with OpenAI, GitHub has kept Copilot in technical review so far, while the company says it has been used by more than 1.2 million developers.

The share of total code written by AI is growing. Last October, GitHub revealed that Copilot was helping to write up to 30 percent of the code on the platform. Now the Microsoft-owned company says its AI assistant helps write nearly 40 percent of the code.

“This creates more time and space for developers to focus on solving bigger problems and building even better software,” wrote GitHub CEO Thomas Domke in a blog post.

The tool is powered by the OpenAI Codex algorithm, a new AI system that is trained on a large set of data from public source code. OpenAI was founded in 2015 to ensure that artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.

Domke said this was the first time in the history of software that AI would be “widely used by developers to write and complete code.”

“Just like the rise of compilers and open source, we believe that AI-assisted coding will fundamentally change the nature of software development, giving developers a new tool for easier and faster code writing so they can be happier in your life.

After a 60-day free trial, developers can take advantage of Copilot for $ 10 a month or $ 100 a year. However, GitHub said it was making Copilot free for students and supporting popular open source projects. A version of the service for companies also comes later this year.

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