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Visual Studio Code has new experimental themes and more AI coding features

The January 2026 update has arrived.

GitHub adds Claude and Codex AI coding agents

Microsoft-owned GitHub continues to embrace OpenAI and Anthropic AI advances.
Visual Studio Magazine

Why Copilot's Auto Mode for AI Models Ignores Your Actual Task

Copilot's 'Auto' model picker in VS Code and Visual Studio currently routes to whatever model is most available and policy-compliant--not the one best matched to your prompt--while Microsoft/GitHub ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Beyond the Magic Word: Testing VS Code 1.109's New Agentic AI Workspace Priming

The January 2026 update to VS Code (v1.109) transforms the editor into a multi-agent orchestration hub, allowing developers ...

GitHub Copilot adds GPT-5.3-Codex with 25% faster performance for agentic tasks

Codex. Pro and Enterprise users gain 25% faster agentic task performance. Learn how to enable it today. GitHub has announced ...
InfoQ

Google Supercharges Gemini 3 Flash with Agentic Vision

Google has added agentic vision to Gemini 3 Flash, combining visual reasoning with code execution to "ground answers in ...

Gemini 3 Agentic Vision Proves Image Analysis Needs Reasoning Not Guesswork

Gemini Agentic Vision extracts image elements and normalizes bar charts for clear comparisons, helping you explain complex ...