Microsoft acts after VS Code gives Copilot credit for work a human did

VS Code was adding 'Co-authored-by: Copilot' freely, even when the assistant wasn't used and AI chat features were disabled.

Microsoft made Copilot a co-author on every VS Code project, reverted after developers revolted

A recent pull request effectively turned Copilot into a "co-author" for every programming project created in Visual Studio ...
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Microsoft reverses VS Code change that credited Copilot without use

Microsoft has rolled back a Visual Studio Code change that automatically added 'Co-authored-by: Copilot' to Git commits even when the AI assistant was not used. The change, introduced in April, drew ...
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VS Code Curbs Token Use Ahead of Copilot's Controversial Usage-Based Billing Switch

Just two days after GitHub announced usage-based billing for Copilot, Microsoft shipped VS Code 1.118 -- under its new weekly release cadence -- with significant token efficiency improvements designed ...
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AI Subagents 'Coming Soon' to Visual Studio Copilot

Microsoft's Mads Kristensen said subagents are 'coming soon' to Copilot in Visual Studio, while VS Code already documents subagent support across context isolation, custom agents, parallel execution ...

It's official: GitHub Copilot transitions to usage-based billing on June 1It's official: GitHub Copilot transitions to usage-based billing on June 1It's official: GitHub ...

Following a massive surge in GitHub Copilot usage that forced Microsoft to pause new sign-ups, a significant change of the ...