GitHub Copilot unlocks OpenAI's GPT-5.4 in VSCode and more

GitHub Copilot has added OpenAI’s GPT-5.4 coding model, bringing improvements to reasoning and multi step development tasks.
Visual Studio Magazine

Microsoft Sharpens AI Toolkit for VS Code in Foundry Update

Microsoft's February 2026 Foundry update includes broader platform changes, but the most immediate developer-facing news for VS Code users is an AI Toolkit refresh centered on tool discovery, agent ...

This Pixel Art Game Solves 1 of AI Coding’s Most Annoying Problems

What if you could create a control panel and alert system that bridges the AI coding agents with your brain in an intuitive way, allowing you to control at a glance what’s going on? That’s how Pixel ...
Windows Report

Microsoft Brings OpenAI’s GPT-5.4 Agentic Coding Model to GitHub Copilot

OpenAI’s GPT-5.4 is rolling out in GitHub Copilot, bringing stronger reasoning, better coding accuracy, and improved support for complex tasks.
InfoWorld

Visual Studio Code previews agent plugins

Latest VS Code update introduces prepackaged bundles of chat customizations that can include skills, commands, agents, MCP ...
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code 1.110 Ships with Agent Plugins, Browser Tools and Session Memory

Visual Studio Code 1.110 (February 2026) adds new agent extensibility, browser-driving chat tools, and expanded chat accessibility.