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GitHub adds OpenAI chat functionality to coding tools
According to reports, Microsoft’s code hosting platform GitHub used OpenAI’s language generation tool to create one of the first widely deployed applications, called Copilot, which helps software developers write computer code. GitHub is now adding chat and voice capabilities to the application, allowing programmers to ask how to complete specific coding tasks. The new version released on Wednesday is called Copilot X, and the CEO of GitHub said that the chat window can explain the purpose of code snippets, create methods for testing code, and propose bug fixes. Developers can…