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GitHub, the Microsoft-owned code collaboration platform, today announced the launch of GitHub Copilot Free, offering a no-cost version of its AI-powered coding assistant to developers worldwide. Integrated by default into Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (VS Code), the move underscores GitHub’s push to democratize AI tools and reach a billion developers globally.

"GitHub has a long history of offering free products and services to developers," said GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke in a blog post. "Starting with free open source and public collaboration, we added free private repos, free minutes for GitHub Actions and GitHub Codespaces, and free package and release storage."