Claude 3.5 Sonnet Rolls Out in Public Preview on GitHub Copilot

July 23, 2025

Details

  • Anthropic and GitHub have announced the public preview rollout of Claude 3.5 Sonnet on GitHub Copilot, available starting July 23, 2025.
  • The model is integrated for use in Visual Studio Code and on GitHub.com, reaching GitHub’s large developer community.
  • Users can leverage Claude 3.5 Sonnet for production-level code writing, debugging, automated test creation, and in-depth code understanding.
  • The model sets itself apart with leading scores on key benchmarks, including 49.0% on SWE-bench and 93.7% on HumanEval.
  • Access is being expanded through Amazon Bedrock, enabling reliable cross-region inference for GitHub Copilot Chat users and organizations in the coming weeks.

Impact

This rollout extends access to one of the top-performing AI coding models within the GitHub Copilot ecosystem, reinforcing its position amid growing competition from OpenAI’s o3-mini and Google’s Gemini Flash 2.0. By deepening integration and broadening user reach, GitHub Copilot advances its multi-model approach and keeps pace with the rapidly evolving AI developer tools market.

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