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GitHub Universe 2024: Opening keynote: delivering phase two of AI code generation

Thomas Dohmke · Oct 29, 2024 · 50m · San Francisco, California

Summary

Dohmke called this "phase two" of AI code generation: Copilot becomes multi-model and conversational, with Anthropic's Claude and Google's Gemini joining OpenAI's models in the model picker, multi-file edits in VS Code, Copilot for Xcode, GitHub Models for AI engineers, and GitHub Spark for building apps in natural language.

Key themes: AI coding, Models, Agents · AI-written summary from the published transcript

Where each highlight is said49:56
  1. 6:45

    OpenAI o1-preview and o1-mini became available to Copilot users in Copilot Chat

  2. 7:29

    A new partnership brings Anthropic's Claude to GitHub Copilot, selectable in the model picker

  3. 12:17

    A partnership with Google brings Gemini 1.5 Pro to Copilot in the coming weeks

  4. 16:46

    Copilot multi-file editing became available in VS Code with a new edit mode

  5. 21:29

    GitHub Copilot came to Apple developers in Xcode

  6. 30:21

    GitHub Models, a playground to compare and build with AI models, became available to all

  7. 43:50

    GitHub Spark was shown to build apps from natural language, blurring the line between developers and everyone else

Announced

2 available the same day
PreviewMulti-model CopilotClaude, Gemini and OpenAI o1 models in Copilot
GACopilot multi-file editingEdit mode across files in VS Code
PreviewGitHub Copilot for XcodeCopilot for Apple developers
GAGitHub ModelsModel playground and side-by-side comparison
PreviewGitHub SparkBuild micro apps in natural language

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