Microsoft turns Windows Terminal into an open-source AI shell

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Microsoft has launched Intelligent Terminal 0.1, an experimental open-source fork of Windows Terminal that brings AI agents directly into the shell with contextual assistance, automatic error detection, and background task handling.

Microsoft open sources GitHub Copilot Chat for VS Code so you can finally see how the AI sausage is made

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Microsoft has released the source code for its GitHub Copilot Chat extension for Visual Studio Code under the MIT license, giving developers a rare look inside one of its most prominent AI tools.