Microsoft unveils new AI models to lessen reliance on OpenAI and lower costs for developers

At its Build developer conference, Microsoft is announcing series of generative AI models to try and crack a market controlled by OpenAI, Anthropic and Google.

Microsoft turns its back on Claude Code, asks employees to use Github Copilot instead: Report

Microsoft has instructed its employees to stop using Claude Code and instead transition to GitHub Copilot. The company had ...
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Visual Studio Licensing Overview

Visual Studio and Azure DevOps are available both as individual products and services and as part of a subscription. Visual Studio Community is available only as an individual product, and only to ...
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Hands On with the New Agents Window in VS Code 1.120

VS Code 1.120 brings the Agents window to Stable preview. The new window opens from a title-bar button. Agent customizations include Agents, Skills, Instructions, Hooks, MCP Servers and Plugins. It ...
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Anthropic Engineer Debates Use of Markdown vs. HTML in AI Agent Output

Markdown has emerged as the lingua franca of AI, especially with the proliferation of AI agents. But an Anthropic engineer argues that HTML is a better choice for output. And despite my love of ...