OpenAI o1 Strawberry Finally Available on GitHub Copilot Chat with VS Code Integration [Video]

GitHub is not sitting quiet ever since the launch of Cursor and other AI coding tools. The team has launched OpenAI’s o1-preview and o1-mini models, available on Azure. These models can be accessed via GitHub Copilot and Models. 

Developers can sign up for access to use OpenAI o1 within GitHub Copilot Chat through VS Code and in the GitHub Models playground.

Who doesn’t love a little model switch action. OpenAI o1-preview now available in GitHub Copilot Chat w/VS Code. pic.twitter.com/luYwUiR1wj

— Thomas Dohmke (@ashtom) September 19, 2024

Developers can seamlessly switch between models during a session, shifting from generating boilerplate code or explaining APIs to designing intricate algorithms or diagnosing logic bugs. By utilising o1-preview or o1-mini with GitHub Copilot, users get a firsthand experience of …