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In November 2026, Salesforce research engineer Ben Stolovitz reports AI agents write 90%+ of his code via 5-6 concurrent Claude Code agents. In September 2026, Microsoft launched a redesigned Copilot whose Code builder runs on the same technology as GitHub Copilot. In April 2026, GitHub announced Copilot would shift to usage-based metered billing with GitHub AI Credits from June 1.

All 3 GitHub entries of the AI News timeline, newest first.

2026

November 2026

2026-11-03

  • Annual personal retrospective: a year of agentic AI
    Ben Stolovitz, now a research engineer at Salesforce AI Research, publishes his annual 'How I use AI' retrospective, reporting that agentic coding has made autocomplete obsolete and that AI agents now write 90%+ of his code as he manages 5-6 concurrent Claude Code agents, spending roughly $3,000/month in tokens. He also describes drafting a personal AI policy, AI-first search becoming his default, LLMs as the greatest teachers humanity has created, and persistent disappointment with AI writing, image, and video generation. (ben.stolovitz.com)
    Anthropic OpenAI Google

September 2026

2026-09-25

  • Microsoft launches redesigned Copilot with Home, Code, Autopilot
    Microsoft introduced a reimagined Copilot app with three new capabilities: Home, a unified starting point combining Chat, Cowork, and full Office apps inside Copilot; Code, a natural-language solution builder powered by the same technology as GitHub Copilot; and Autopilot, a persistent, proactive personal agent (formerly Scout) that keeps working unprompted within a customer's tenant. The announcement also included the Copilot Managed Runtime for safely hosting code inside Microsoft 365, FinOps for AI spend management across Agent 365 and Copilot, Fabric IQ grounding, a unified plugin registry, and evolved pricing via user subscription licenses and usage-based billing, with Home and Code rolling out through the Frontier program and Autopilot expanding to private preview at month's end. (blogs.microsoft.com)
    Microsoft

April 2026

2026-04-28

  • GitHub Copilot shifts to metered AI billing
    Microsoft's GitHub announced it will transition Copilot from request-based billing to usage-based metered billing on June 1, 2026, introducing a virtual currency called GitHub AI Credits priced at $0.01 each. The shift comes as escalating inference costs from complex AI coding sessions made the previous unlimited subscription model unsustainable, part of a broader industry trend away from all-you-can-eat AI pricing. (go.theregister.com)
    Microsoft