Inside GitHub: Working with the LLMs behind GitHub Copilot

Developers behind GitHub Copilot discuss what it was like to work with OpenAI’s large language model and how it informed the development of Copilot as we know it today.

By Sonic Mustang · March 16, 2026 · 1 min read

Inside GitHub: Working with the LLMs behind GitHub Copilot

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Source: The GitHub Blog

Developers behind GitHub Copilot discuss what it was like to work with OpenAI’s large language model and how it informed the development of Copilot as we know it today.