GitHub Copilot Free and Student editions enable automatic model selection

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GitHub has enabled automatic model selection for Copilot Free and Student plans. The feature routes simple prompts to lighter models and complex coding tasks to higher-performance models based on task complexity, model health, and real-time availability. Users can still inspect which model produced each response in chat, CLI, and Cloud Agent. The change aims to improve response speed and resource efficiency, and it arrives alongside renewed personal plan sign-ups and token-based billing.

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