Last year, GitHub, the source code website taken over by Microsoft, introduced Copilot, a digital assistant that helps users speed up the programming process with ease.
Recently, GitHub is seen to have upgraded Copilot by introducing a new version called Copilot X, using the GPT-4 AI engine introduced by OpenAI recently and showing new capabilities and features.
One of the capabilities of this new assistant is to give the programmer context to the code being developed. For example, if you are a new programmer who has no knowledge of how a code works, Copilot X can explain the functions of the code to you, and even give suggestions on areas that can be improved.
When you develop code using IDE software in the GitHub browser, Copilot X can also provide suggestions on how you can organize certain functions so that they are more efficient and organized.
For now Copilot X seems to be only usable in the Microsoft Edge web browser, but GitHub may introduce it to other code development software in the future, even to the Command Line Interface functionality in Windows.