<ul><li>Microsoft announced making GitHub Copilot in VS Code open-source during Microsoft Build 2025.</li><li>VS Code team believes in open and AI-powered editor experience, staying true to open development principles.</li><li>GitHub Copilot Chat extension will be open-sourced under the MIT license to address needs of organizations.</li><li>Open sourcing is expected to support third-party extension developers by providing easier access to source code.</li><li>Microsoft will begin open-sourcing Copilot Chat and migrating components into VS Code's core.</li><li>Transition to open source for AI efforts in VS Code was motivated by significant shifts in AI development.</li><li>VS Code's open-sourcing aims to empower the community to refine and build upon AI interaction elements.</li><li>Visual Studio Code has reached 40 million users, making it the most widely adopted editor among developers.</li><li>Microsoft introduced a new coding agent for GitHub Copilot to automate tasks like bug fixes and small features.</li><li>Agentic DevOps reimagines traditional DevOps, where intelligent agents collaborate with developers to optimize the software lifecycle.</li></ul>

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