GitHub Copilot Auto Model Selection Now Routes Tasks to Best-Fit Models in VS Code

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GitHub shipped auto model selection on May 20, allowing Copilot in VS Code to automatically route coding tasks to the most appropriate AI model based on task type — code generation, review, debugging, and documentation may each use different underlying models. This moves developer tooling from single-model to model-routing architectures, reflecting a broader industry shift where the 'which model' decision is increasingly abstracted away from users.