Coding agents
Gemini 3.6 Flash rolls into GitHub Copilot
GitHub says Google's Gemini 3.6 Flash is rolling out in Copilot with configurable reasoning effort and parallel tool use.
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GitHub gives Copilot code review its own firewall and runner controls
GitHub's July 17 Copilot update adds firewall defaults, setup files, instruction-file support, and separate runner settings for code review.
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Moonshot launches Kimi K3 as an open 2.8T model
Moonshot's Kimi K3 pairs a 2.8T-parameter model, 1M-token context, API access, and a promised July 27 weight release.
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E3 benchmark says agents waste tokens on simple tasks
A July 14 paper says estimate-first agent execution can match success while cutting cost, tokens, and inspected files on simple coding tasks.
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GitHub moves Copilot security review and IDE trust controls into preview
GitHub's July 14 Copilot updates add app security review, Visual Studio MCP trust checks, C++ modernization GA, and JetBrains BYOK controls.
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GitHub adds Codex as a JetBrains Copilot agent provider
GitHub added Codex as a public-preview agent provider in JetBrains Copilot, alongside hooks, MCP server management, approval modes, Claude permissions, debug logs, and custom models.
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GitHub adds Copilot controls for settings and telemetry
GitHub added device-level Copilot managed settings and enterprise-managed OpenTelemetry export for VS Code and Copilot CLI.
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GitHub rolls GPT-5.6 into Copilot across IDEs, CLI, agents, and mobile
GitHub is adding OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna to Copilot across major developer surfaces, with enterprise and business access disabled by default.
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Meta launches Muse Spark 1.1 and opens its Model API preview
Meta launched Muse Spark 1.1 with a public Model API preview, positioning the model for coding, tool use, multimodal agent workflows, and long-context work.
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RuBench tests coding agents on native Russian repository tasks
RuBench adds 25 repository-level coding-agent tasks written natively in Russian, with withheld regression tests and product-agent runs.
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SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.5 for coding and agent work
SpaceXAI launched Grok 4.5 with coding benchmarks, $2 input and $6 output token pricing, and availability in Grok Build, Cursor, and its API console.
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OpenAI retracts SWE-Bench Pro recommendation after benchmark audit
OpenAI audited SWE-Bench Pro and now estimates that roughly 30% of its tasks are broken, weakening a key coding-agent evaluation.
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GitHub brings Kimi K2.7 to Copilot Business and Enterprise
GitHub added Kimi K2.7 Code to Copilot Business and Enterprise while expanding per-user AI budgets and review-cycle metrics.
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GitHub Copilot app reaches every plan
GitHub made the Copilot desktop app available across Copilot Free, GitHub Education, paid plans, and BYOK sessions without a Copilot subscription.
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Kimi K2.7 Code gives Copilot an open-weight model option
GitHub says Kimi K2.7 Code is the first open-weight model selectable in Copilot, with Azure hosting, gradual rollout, usage-based billing, and enterprise policy controls.
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Copilot browser and vision tools make agents multimodal testers
GitHub made Copilot browser tools in VS Code generally available and opened Copilot vision across plans, giving coding agents browser, screenshot, image, and PDF context.
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Persistent coding agents create a distributed attack surface
A new arXiv paper argues that persistent coding agents can hide malicious behavior across multiple pull requests, making monitor design a stateful problem.
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