{"id":33664,"date":"2023-10-18T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insidebigdata.com\/?p=33664"},"modified":"2023-10-16T14:51:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T21:51:43","slug":"github-releases-new-research-on-copilot-chat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidebigdata.com\/2023\/10\/18\/github-releases-new-research-on-copilot-chat\/","title":{"rendered":"GitHub Releases New Research on Copilot Chat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"123\" src=\"https:\/\/insidebigdata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/GitHub_Logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insidebigdata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/GitHub_Logo.png 300w, https:\/\/insidebigdata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/GitHub_Logo-150x62.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.blog\/2023-10-10-research-quantifying-github-copilots-impact-on-code-quality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New research<\/a>\u00a0from GitHub takes a look at Copilot Chat\u2019s impact on authoring and reviewing code. The company conducted a study where 36 developers used GitHub Copilot and Copilot Chat to author and review code \u2013\u00a0it\u2019s obviously a small sample size, in part due to how new the tool is, though early results are interesting. In short,\u00a0the quality of code authored and reviewed was better across the board, solidifying GitHub\u2019s vision that embedding AI in the development workflows provides a better developer experience. Sharing some of the main findings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>85% of developers felt more confident in their code quality when authoring code with GitHub Copilot and GitHub Copilot Chat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Code reviews were more actionable and completed 15% faster than without GitHub Copilot Chat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>88% of developers felt less frustrated and more focused in their IDE with GitHub Copilot Chat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The full study, including key takeaways and anonymized participant anecdotes, is\u00a0provided <a href=\"https:\/\/github.blog\/2023-10-10-research-quantifying-github-copilots-impact-on-code-quality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Sign up for the free insideBIGDATA&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/inside-bigdata.com\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">newsletter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Join us on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InsideBigData1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/InsideBigData1<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Join us on LinkedIn:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/insidebigdata\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/insidebigdata\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Join us on Facebook:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/insideBIGDATANOW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/insideBIGDATANOW<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New research\u00a0from GitHub takes a look at Copilot Chat\u2019s impact on authoring and reviewing code. The company conducted a study where 36 developers used GitHub Copilot and Copilot Chat to author and review code \u2013\u00a0it\u2019s obviously a small sample size, in part due to how new the tool is, though early results are interesting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10513,"featured_media":32763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[526,180,268,56,84,1],"tags":[437,1350,1351,1292,96],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>GitHub Releases New Research on Copilot Chat - insideBIGDATA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/insidebigdata.com\/2023\/10\/18\/github-releases-new-research-on-copilot-chat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GitHub Releases New Research on Copilot Chat - insideBIGDATA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New research\u00a0from GitHub takes a look at Copilot Chat\u2019s impact on authoring and reviewing code. 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