The original AI-powered code completion tool stemming from early OpenAI technology, GitHub Copilot, now comes in a free tier for the Visual Studio IDE and Visual Studio Code, along with other editors.

Threat actors are abusing GitHub automation features and malicious Visual Studio projects to push a new variant of the "Keyzetsu" clipboard-hijacking malware and steal cryptocurrency payments.

You’re not making a clone of the repo; instead you’re using GitHub’s APIs to work directly against your cloud-hosted code. Github.dev isn’t a replacement for a local editor.

For those interested in exploring the capabilities of GitHub Copilot Free, the service can be enabled directly in VS Code or accessed via the GitHub dashboard.