GitHub Expands Copilot with Anthropic's Claude, Google's Gemini; Multi-Model Support Begins Today

Oct 29, 2024, 04:15 PM

GitHub, the Microsoft-owned code hosting platform, announced an expansion of its AI-powered coding assistant, Copilot, to support multiple language models. Developers will now have the option to choose from Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Google's Gemini 1.5 Pro, and new OpenAI models including o1-preview and o1-mini. CEO Thomas Dohmke emphasized that this move aims to provide greater flexibility and choice for developers, reducing reliance on a single AI model. Access to Claude 3.5 Sonnet in Visual Studio Code and GitHub begins today, with Gemini 1.5 Pro arriving in the coming weeks, offering a 2 million token context window and native multimodal capabilities. Copilot is also being made available for Apple's Xcode, expanding its reach to iOS developers. Copilot's multi-model support represents a significant step in GitHub's commitment to being an open platform and meeting developers wherever they are.