MICROSOFT JUST LAUNCHED THEIR OWN CODING AI INSIDE GITHUB COPILOT — AND IT IS COMPLETELY FREE STARTING TODAY. Not rented from OpenAI. Not built on OpenAI data. Built by Microsoft. Trained inside Copilot's production environment. Rolled out to every Copilot tier right now. It is called MAI Code 1 Flash. Here is what makes it different from every other coding model in the picker: - 60% fewer tokens on complex tasks versus comparable models. - 85.8% on Microsoft's adversarial coding benchmark. - 256K context window. - Trained inside the environment it ships in rather than externally tested then handed over. Here is the full setup in 6 steps: Step 1: Create a free GitHub account at http://github.com/signup Step 2: Enable GitHub Copilot at http://github.com/github-copilot/signup and select the free plan. No credit card required. Step 3: Install the VS Code extension. Open VS Code, press Ctrl+Shift+X on Windows or Cmd+Shift+X on Mac, search GitHub Copilot, install the extension by GitHub. Step 4: Sign in. VS Code will show a Sign in to GitHub prompt. Click it, approve in the browser, return to VS Code. Step 5: Open Copilot Chat. Press Ctrl+Shift+I on Windows or Cmd+Shift+I on Mac. Step 6: Select MAI Code 1 Flash from the model dropdown at the bottom of the chat panel. Already have Copilot? Skip straight to Step 5. Free coding model wars just got serious. Bookmark this before you pay for another coding subscription. Follow @cyrilXBT for every free AI coding tool the moment it drops.(CyrilXBT)