August 15, 2024 at 05:09AM
GitHub has launched Copilot Autofix, an AI-powered vulnerability remediation feature. It offers fix suggestions for various security defects, helping developers to address bugs in their code faster. During the public beta, it was found that developers were fixing vulnerabilities more than three times faster than manually. It will be available for free to all open source projects starting September.
Based on the meeting notes, the key takeaways are:
1. GitHub announced the general availability of Copilot Autofix, an AI-powered vulnerability remediation feature, in GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS).
2. Copilot Autofix allows developers to quickly identify and address flaws in their repositories and provides fix suggestions for various vulnerability classes, including SQL injections and cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws.
3. During the public beta, developers were able to fix vulnerabilities more than three times faster with Copilot Autofix compared to manual fixes.
4. Copilot Autofix uses a combination of heuristics, Copilot APIs, the CodeQL semantic code analysis engine, and GPT-4o to provide code suggestions.
5. Starting September, Copilot Autofix will be available for free to all open-source projects.
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