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This Week I Learned -  * Phi-4 is a 14B parameter state-of-the-art small language model (SLM) that excels at complex reasoning and conventional language processing. Phi-4 is available in GitHub Models. * You can now attach images and work with them directly in GitHub Copilot Chat. Share screenshots of errors and Copilot will interpret the image and resolve the issue.  * A group led by Elon Musk offered $97.4 billion to buy the nonprofit controlling OpenAI, aiming to prevent the AI startup from becoming a for-profit company. Musk co-founded OpenAI with Sam Altman in 2015 but left before it became successful. He later started a competing AI company, xAI, in 2023. OpenAI is trying to transition to a for-profit model to secure more funding for AI development. Musk sued Altman and others in August 2023, arguing they prioritized profit over public good. Musk believes OpenAI should return to its original mission of being open-source and focused on safety. * The gitingest service...

Currently you can switch between 5 AI Models within the Copilot Chat interface. The OpenAI Models are hosted on Azure tenants. GitHub Copilot uses Gemini 2.0 Flash hosted on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Claude 3.5 Sonnet is hosted on Amazon Web Services and so when you're using Claude 3.5 Sonnet, prompts and metadata are sent to Amazon's Bedrock service. When faced with options, I like asking all my AI assistants what they think. I liked the answer from Gemini. I added additional points from my own reading of the GitHub Copilot documentation & the answers from other AI assistants to come up with this analysis breakdown: 1. GPT 4o (Default) • Strengths: o Versatile: Excels in text generation, summarization, and knowledge-based chat. o Multimodal: Handles both text and images effectively. o Fast and Reliable: Provides quick and dependable responses. o Superior Non-English Support: Performs well across multiple languages. • Consider it when: You need a general-purpose m...