Microsoft Open-Sources GitHub Copilot in VS Code

Microsoft is announcing its open-sourcing of the GitHub Copilot extension in Visual Studio Code! Paul Thurrott and Richard Campbell debate whether this is about competing with Cursor and other AI coding tools or a genuinely developer-friendly move. The full episode also covers Microsoft's 6,000 layoffs, massive Build protests, and the chemistry demo that stole the show.    • Live from Build - Protestors, AI agen...  

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