InfoWorld

Using Visual Studio Code’s ‘air-gapped’ AI model mode

Visual Studio Code 1.122 introduced a new feature, “ Use BYOK [Bring Your Own Key] without a GitHub sign-in ,” that allows ...
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code 1.125 Adds Copilot Spend Meter After Billing Shock

VS Code 1.125 adds in-editor visibility into additional Copilot budget usage as GitHub's AI-credit billing model continues to draw developer scrutiny.
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code Curbs Token Use Ahead of Copilot's Controversial Usage-Based Billing Switch

VS Code 1.118 ships a suite of token efficiency features -- including prompt caching with 93% reuse rates and a tool search tool with up to 20% token savings -- just two days after GitHub's ...
ZDNet

How to use GPT-5 in VS Code with GitHub Copilot

GitHub Copilot Pro now supports GPT-5 in VS Code. A 30-day trial lets you test premium models for free. Add your OpenAI key to bypass Copilot restriction. First, open VS Code. Click the little Copilot ...
MUO on MSN

VS Code finally has a serious rival, and it feels absurdly fast

I switched for speed and stayed for everything else.
heise online

Visual Studio Code 1.117: Enterprise customers can use their own LLM keys

Business and enterprise users can now connect their own API keys to use LLMs via OpenRouter, Ollama, Google, OpenAI, and more in VS Code Chat. Visual Studio Code 1.117 is available for download. The ...