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
- 6:45
OpenAI o1-preview and o1-mini became available to Copilot users in Copilot Chat
- 7:29
A new partnership brings Anthropic's Claude to GitHub Copilot, selectable in the model picker
- 12:17
A partnership with Google brings Gemini 1.5 Pro to Copilot in the coming weeks
- 16:46
Copilot multi-file editing became available in VS Code with a new edit mode
- 21:29
GitHub Copilot came to Apple developers in Xcode
- 30:21
GitHub Models, a playground to compare and build with AI models, became available to all
- 43:50
GitHub Spark was shown to build apps from natural language, blurring the line between developers and everyone else
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About this keynote
Keynote page: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSf8QOjazrQ
- Thomas DohmkeCEO, GitHub
Companies named: Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, GitHub
Last changed 2026-09-24.