Topic: github

GitHub details upcoming changes to improve security in wake of Shai-Hulud worm in npm ecosystem

In response to the recent supply chain attack in the JavaScript package manager npm, GitHub has made a few changes that will enable stronger security. The attack on the npm ecosystem was caused by a worm, named Shai-Hulud, that infects and republish other packages with its malware to spread it across the npm ecosystem. “By … continue reading

This week in AI updates: OpenAI Codex updates, Claude integration in Xcode 26, and more (September 19, 2025)

OpenAI updates Codex The company released GPT-5-Codex, a variant of GPT-5 that is optimized for Codex, OpenAI’s AI coding agent. It was trained on real-world engineering tasks like building projects from scratch, adding features and tests, debugging, large-scale refactoring, and code reviews. “With these updates, Codex moves closer to what we’ve been building toward all … continue reading

GitHub launches MCP Registry to provide central location for trusted servers

GitHub has launched an MCP Registry to provide developers with a curated directory of MCP servers. “If you’ve tried connecting AI agents to your development tools, you know the pain: MCP servers scattered across numerous registries, random repos, buried in community threads — making discovery slow and full of friction without a central place to … continue reading

This week in AI updates: Gemini Code Assist Agent Mode, GitHub’s Agents panel, and more (August 22, 2025)

Agent Mode in Gemini Code Assist now available in VS Code and IntelliJ This mode was introduced last month to the Insiders Channel for VS Code to expand the capabilities of Code Assist beyond prompts and responses to support actions like multiple file edits, full project context, and built-in tools and integration with ecosystem tools. … continue reading

GitHub’s coding agent can now be launched from anywhere on platform using new Agents panel

GitHub has added a new panel to its UI that enables developers to invoke the Copilot coding agent from anywhere on the site. The coding agent was launched a few months ago, allowing developers to assign an issue to it and have it work in the background and create a draft pull request. The functionality … continue reading

This week in AI dev tools: Claude Sonnet 4’s larger context window, ChatGPT updates, and more (August 15, 2025)

Anthropic expands Claude Sonnet 4’s context window to 1M tokens With this larger context window, Claude can process codebases with 75,000+ lines of code in a single request. This allows it to better understand project architecture, cross-file dependencies, and make suggestions that fit with the complete system design. Longer context windows are now in beta … continue reading

GitHub’s CEO Thomas Dohmke steps down, triggering tighter integration of company within Microsoft

GitHub’s CEO Thomas Dohmke has announced his plans to leave the company at the end of the year.  Dohmke says he will be staying with the company through the end of the year to help with the transition. When he leaves GitHub, he plans to build a new startup. “After all this time, my startup … continue reading

April 11, 2025: AI updates from the past week — Google’s new tools for building AI agents, agent mode in GitHub Copilot, and more

Software companies are constantly trying to add more and more AI features to their platforms, and AI companies are constantly releasing new models and features. It can be hard to keep up with it all, so we’ve written this roundup to share several notable updates around AI that software developers should know about.  Google announces … continue reading

GitHub introduces security campaigns to help developers reduce security debt

GitHub is announcing updates to its security offerings to help development teams tackle their security risk. Now generally available, security campaigns are a new way to bring security teams and development teams together.  Security teams can prioritize the risks that need to be addressed across repositories and add them to a security campaign, which is … continue reading

GitHub Copilot adds agent mode, MCP support in latest release

A new version of GitHub Copilot has just begun rolling out to users, adding a number of new capabilities, such as the addition of agent mode to VS Code.  With agent mode, Copilot can iterate across an entire project, suggesting terminal commands, analyzing run-time errors, and more. “With simple prompts, agent mode takes Copilot beyond … continue reading

GitHub unbundling its GitHub Advanced Security offering starting in April

GitHub announced it is making some changes to GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS), its AI-powered solution for application security that offers remediation, static analysis, secret scanning, and software composition analysis. Beginning April 1, GHAS will be split into two products that will be available as standalone options. GitHub Secret Protection prevents secret leaks by scanning secrets … continue reading

Feb 21, 2025: Development tools that have recently added new AI capabilities

Software companies are constantly trying to add more and more AI features to their platforms, and it can be hard to keep up with it all. We’ve written this roundup to share updates from 10 notable companies that have recently enhanced their products with AI.  OpenAI expands Operator to more countries Operator is now available … continue reading

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