GitHub's Copilot AI gets a Free Tier for VS Code devs

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Welcome to FavTutor’s AI Recap! We’ve gathered all the latest and important AI developments for the past 24 hours in one place, just for you.

In Today’s Newsletter: 😀 

• GitHub's Copilot AI gets a Free Tier for VS Code devs

• Prime Video focuses on AI Topics rather than Algorithm

• Google DeepMind launches new AI fact-checking benchmark

GitHub
😃 GitHub's Copilot AI gets a Free Tier for VS Code devs

GitHub announced a free version of its popular Copilot code completion tool, which will also now ship by default with Microsoft’s popular VS Code editor. Users can ask a coding question, explain existing code, or have it find a bug. Previously, GitHub offered free repositories, continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) minutes, and Codespaces.

Insights for you:

• GitHub announced Copilot Free, which comes automatically integrated with VS Code.

• Users can access 2,000 code completions and 50 chat messages per month, simply by signing in with their GitHub account. Developers can also access Copilot third-party agents or build their extensions.

• Copilot Free gives you the choice between Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet or OpenAI’s GPT-4o model.

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Amazon
📺️ Prime Video focuses on AI Topics rather than Algorithm

Prime Video is testing a new AI-powered functionality called AI Topics to help you find relevant shows and movies more quickly. AI Topics, which is currently in a limited release beta, utilizes AI to create and recommend content groupings, or topics, aligned with your interests and viewing history.

Insights for you:

• Amazon Prime Video is rolling out an innovative AI-driven feature called AI Topics to enhance content recommendations.

• The new AI functionality is now in beta and helps you discover Prime Video content to stream based on your interests and preferences.

• Algorithms have powered content recommendations on streaming services for years, but Amazon is the first to advertise AI recommendations that give the viewer a little control as to where those recommendations lead.

AI Research
✅ Google DeepMind launches new AI fact-checking benchmark

Google DeepMind has introduced FACTS Grounding, a new benchmark that tests AI models' ability to provide accurate, document-based answers. The benchmark consists of 1,719 curated examples across a range of domains.

Insights for you:

• Google DeepMind has launched FACTS Grounding, a new benchmark designed to assess the ability of AI models to provide accurate and comprehensive answers based on a given text.

• The benchmark uses a unique evaluation approach in which three leading AI models serve as judges, evaluating answers based on two key criteria: whether the question is adequately addressed, and whether the answer is factually accurate and fully grounded in the given document.

• The FACTS Grounding Benchmark is intended to be a work in progress, to improve the reliability of language models and expand their applicability to a wider range of use cases.