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Visual Studio Code has new experimental themes and more AI coding features

The January 2026 update has arrived.

Visual Studio Code 1.109: Watch AI Models Think

In VS Code chat, AI agents can now ask follow-up questions and generate Mermaid diagrams, and Anthropic Claude models show ...
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GitHub previews support for Claude and Codex coding agents

Copilot Pro+ and Copilot Enterprise users now can run multiple coding agents directly inside GitHub, GitHub Mobile, and ...
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Visual Studio Code update shines on coding agents

Visual Studio Code 1.109 introduces enhancements for providing agents with more skills and context and managing multiple ...

GitHub adds Claude and Codex AI coding agents

Microsoft-owned GitHub continues to embrace OpenAI and Anthropic AI advances.
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Compare New GitHub Copilot Free Plan for Visual Studio/VS Code to Paid Plans

The original AI-powered code completion tool stemming from early OpenAI technology, GitHub Copilot, now comes in a free tier for the Visual Studio IDE and Visual Studio Code, along with other editors.
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Why Copilot's Auto Mode for AI Models Ignores Your Actual Task

Copilot's 'Auto' model picker in VS Code and Visual Studio currently routes to whatever model is most available and policy-compliant--not the one best matched to your prompt--while Microsoft/GitHub ...
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Anthropic launches Claude 3.5 Sonnet to raise bar for model intelligence in coding and visual processing

Anthropic PBC today launched Claude 3.5 Sonnet, the company’s first release in a forthcoming artificial intelligence large language model family that outperforms both competing models and its Claude 3 ...