# GitHub Copilot > An AI-aided programming tool for VSCode, created by GitHub and Microsoft. A Technical Preview was announced on June 29, 2021. An [AI-aided programming](https://wiki.g15e.com/en/pages/AI-aided%20programming.txt) tool for , created by and . A Technical Preview was announced on . https://github.com/features/copilot > The world's most widely adopted [AI](https://wiki.g15e.com/en/pages/Artificial%20intelligence.txt) developer tool. ## External links - https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot ## See also - [Cursor](https://wiki.g15e.com/en/pages/Cursor%20(software.txt)): A competitor to GitHub Copilot.