Microsoft is making its GitHub Copilot AI developer assistant available for free. This means anyone can create apps with the help of AI. It is even available as a chatbot.

Microsoft has made a free version of its developer chatbot GitHub Copilot available in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code.

Microsoft has introduced a free tier for users of its GitHub Copilot AI service who also use its VS Code code editor/IDE.

Free version of GitHub Copilot is now available to all developers in VS Code, but there are some restrictions.

GitHub releases Copilot Free for Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code. Developers can use programming help free of charge.

Microsoft Copilot-powered developer platform GitHub on Thursday said it has surpassed 150 million developers on the platform.

The service leverages advanced AI models, including Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet and OpenAI’s GPT-4o, with limits.