Microsoft is signaling a shift in its AI priorities, favoring Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4 over OpenAI's GPT-5 models in its flagship developer tool, Visual Studio Code.

The first preview of Visual Studio 2026, with deeper GitHub Copilot AI integration, is available through Microsoft’s new ...

The current release provides Agent Mode with a new level of security and allows automatic selection of a language model in Copilot Chat.