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GitHub Copilot auto model selection adds efficiency, balance, and intelligence tiers
GitHub Copilot auto model selection now offers three tiers: efficiency, balance, and intelligence. The tier you choose reflects how you want auto to weigh cost, quality, and response time.
GitHub Copilot auto model selection now offers three tiers: efficiency, balance, and intelligence. The changelog says you can choose the tier that reflects how you want auto to weigh cost, quality, and response time. That is the new capability: a way to set the trade-off priority for automatic model selection. The source does not say how the tiers perform or what models they use.
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- GitHub Copilot auto model selection now offers three tiers: efficiency, balance, and intelligence.
- You can choose the tier that reflects how you want auto to weigh cost, quality, and response time.
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