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While AlphaCode's ability to solve algorithmic problems is impressive, the majority of programmers' daily work does not involve creating fancy algorithms. Today's mobile or web apps are mostly built using open source libraries like React.js, where a lot of functionality is already built in and does not need to be written from scratch. Github Copilot has been trained on huge amounts of source code from applications using these libraries and is already fluent in them.
Microsoft (MSFT) invested $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019, without disclosing its stake in the company. Considering OpenAI's advanced technology, it was a brilliant move. A year earlier, Microsoft acquired Github for $7.5 billion. You can think of Github as a giant "database" of source code, which of course can be used to train AI. Microsoft has already built its own AI application using OpenAI's Codex and trained it with the "billions of lines of code" stored in Github repositories: Github Copilot, which was announced in 2021 and released in 2022 as a plug-in for Microsoft's own Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE) or others such as Jetbrains IDEs. Once installed, Github Copilot integrates intuitively into a programmer's workflow: she simply needs to write a desired functionality as a natural language comment in a program's source code, and Copilot will automatically generate code accordingly. As if that weren't impressive enough, Copilot learns and adapts to a programmer's unique style. While ChatGPT is not yet monetized, Github Copilot is already available as a paid service for both individuals and businesses. Using OpenAI's technology to enhance Github Copilot is the next logical step, which is another reason why it shouldn't surprise anyone that Microsoft is reportedly planning another $10 billion investment in ChatGPT's parent company, OpenAI.