VS Code's AI Toolkit Agent Builder can wire an agent to external tools via MCP, even for non-coding editorial workflows. Early friction points included circular UX flows, model availability mismatches ...

Microsoft's September roundup highlights model choice, Copilot-assisted package fixes, pull request exploration and new debugging features.

GitHub Copilot adds model choices alongside optional sandboxing and enterprise monitoring, as reports of unauthorized agent actions intensify debate over AI safeguards.

AI can increasingly build pieces of a Power BI report, but creating reports that actually work for their intended users still requires human judgment. Data Analytics Architect Meagan Longoria explains ...

Experimental multi-folder sessions let individual chats work in separate repositories or worktrees. Remote delegation can match tasks to connected hosts by operating system and available resources.

OpenAI is retiring Custom GPTs and replacing them with plugins built around reusable skills, reference files and connected tools. The shift also reaches developers through Codex, which now runs as an ...

Random forest regression is a tree-based machine learning technique to predict a single numeric value. A random forest is a collection (ensemble) of simple regression decision trees that are trained ...

Amazon Q Developer outperformed GitHub Copilot Pro in some aspects, completing a complex editorial task in 5 minutes compared to Copilot's 15 minutes. While GitHub Copilot demonstrated superior ...

Microsoft now ships Azure MCP tools as part of the Azure development workload in Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14.30 or higher. Other MCP-related items that later appeared in the Visual Studio 2022 17 ...

VS Code 1.137 adds Preview Automations for recurring agent tasks on schedules. Experimental Voice Mode supports spoken agent conversations with interruption and session awareness. Experimental GitHub ...