Everything new for GitHub from Universe 2022, including coding with your voice and AI

An experimental feature from GitHub will let you code with your voice.

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GitHub Universe is a global developer event from Microsoft that focuses on cloud, security, community, and AI. Quite a few new tools and options were unveiled this week during the event, including AI tools, new collaboration options, and security enhancements.

A new feature for Copilot will let developers code by using their voice with VS Code. Programmers will be able to summon the tool by saying “Hey, GitHub!” and then get to work by speaking. The tool is an experimental feature within Copilot, which uses AI to write code. It’s certainly time-consuming to hand-write, or speak, and format each character of your code, so an AI helper should speed up the process. Doubtless, Microsoft’s investments inOpenAIandNuanceare being leveraged here to benefit developers.

Since Hey, GitHub! is an experimental tool, it may never become a full-fledged product. But developers cansign up to try it now.

GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke outlined everything new for the developer platform that was announced at GitHub Universe 2022. The highlights are listed below, butDohmke’s postgoes more into depth on each topic.

GitHub Copilot

Collaboration

Planning and tracking

Enterprise

Security

Community

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