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Why Copilot's Auto Mode for AI Models Ignores Your Actual Task

When you fire up an AI Chat session with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code or Visual Studio 2026, you might expect the initial model used to assist you is based on the specific coding task you're ...
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Claude Opus 4.5 Lands in GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio and VS Code

GitHub has added Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.5 to the set of models available in GitHub Copilot Chat, and the model is now selectable directly inside Microsoft developers' primary tools: Visual Studio ...