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.

Most of the AI features listed in this update are already available in Visual Studio 2022, either through updates to GitHub Copilot or other rollouts. Adaptive paste, custom models, and MCP support ...

Microsoft is adding automatic AI model selection to its Visual Studio Code editor that will automatically pick the best model ...

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Microsoft has revealed Visual Studio 2026 Insiders, a major update to its flagship integrated development environment that weaves artificial intelligence into core workflows, boosts performance, and ...