GitHub Copilot Auto becomes the exclusive model selector for free and student tiers (opens in new tab)

GitHub is implementing a significant change to its Copilot service by removing manual model selection for users on Free and Student plans. These users will no longer have the ability to choose between specific AI models from providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google. Instead, the platform will rely exclusively on Copilot Auto to manage how coding requests are processed. <a href="