GitHub has launched a powerful AI coding agent in Copilot that writes code, fixes bugs, and opens pull requests.

Microsoft announced during its Build 2025 keynote that it will open source GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code and add several new features.

The GitHub Copilot for artificial intelligence programming will be more visible in GitHub. It will accept assignments just like any other coder on the team.

Microsoft started off the event by introducing a number of AI-powered features designed to enhance the software development experience.

Microsoft's Build conference showcased a strong AI push, featuring GitHub Copilot's evolution into an autonomous coding agent and the Windows AI Found

Microsoft’s GitHub unit officially launched a Copilot artificial intelligence -agent at Microsoft’s Build developer conference in Seattle.It is particularly designed to perform specific programming work and inform users

Announced at Microsoft 's annual developer conference, Build 2025, GitHub launched a new and updated version of its Copilot AI assistant designed to streamline the integration of computer-aided coding even further. "GitHub Copilot now includes an asynchronous coding agent, embedded directly in GitHub and accessible from VS Code," the company wrote.

“The agent spins up a secure and fully customizable development environment powered by GitHub Actions,” said Thomas Dohmke, chief executive of Microsoft-owned GitHub. “As the agent works, it pushes commits to a draft pull request and you can track it every step of the way through the agent session logs.”