Microsoft unleashes VS Code 1.117 with custom AI model support and fluid chat animations

Ready to supercharge your workflow? Microsoft just made VS Code more flexible than ever with local model support and a ...
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Hands On with Microsoft's New VS Code Agents Preview -- Now in Insiders

Now shipping in the VS Code Insiders build, Microsoft's new Visual Studio Code Agents preview offers an early look at a separate companion app for agent sessions, approvals, workspace discovery, and ...
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VS Code Updates Boost AI Agents, Terminal Control and Copilot Workflow

Across the April 8 and April 15, 2026 releases, Visual Studio Code expanded its agent-focused tooling with a new companion app, better terminal interaction, session debugging and more built-in Copilot ...

I Put Claude's New Visual Tools to the Test Against ChatGPT

Both Claude and ChatGPT have been given significant upgrades to their visual tools. Here's how they stack up against each ...

Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.7 with coding, visual reasoning improvements

Coding is not the only area where Opus 4.7 performs better than the company’s earlier models. According to Anthropic, it’s ...

How Opus 4.7 and Claude Code Are Quietly Beating ChatGPT 5.4 in Software Development

Learn about the Opus 4.7 update, including its top benchmark scores against ChatGPT 5.4, new tokenizer costs, and advanced ...