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Microsoft and OpenAI's GitHub Copilot launched AI-assisted coding 18 months before ChatGPT, sparking a competitive race in AI-powered development tools.

Microsoft and OpenAI's GitHub Copilot launched AI-assisted coding 18 months before ChatGPT, sparking a competitive race in AI-powered development tools.

GitHub Copilot debuted in spring 2021 as Microsoft and OpenAI's first partnership product, enabling AI autocomplete for code snippets

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