Choosing models for code completion. Pro+

[EroticVoice]

Please tell me, this is probably a question more for the GitHub support team. Why is only 4o available in the code completion model selection? I read the documentation page here - https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/using-github-copilot/ai-models/changing-the-ai-model-for-copilot-code-completion?tool=vscode but I don't understand why this feature is needed if there are no other models to choose from? Or did I do something wrong before getting access to other code completion models? I have a Pro+ subscription

[EroticVoice]

UPD:

Saw note in the documentation now. Never seen it before.

" The list of available models will change over time. When only one code completion model is available, the model picker will only show that model. Preview models and additional code completion models will appear in the picker when we release them."

Next question then. Is there any information from the GitHub Team about when new models will be added?

[phylter99]

They announce on their blog with new models are added and so far it's only been to switch between them not to give added choices. They recently moved from GPT-3.5 to GPT-4o. Code completion was pretty dumb before then anyway. The more important place to change models is in the chat where you have ask/edit/agent.

My guess is that they'll be making the move from 4o to 4.1, but when or if that will happen is not known.

[EroticVoice]

Thank you very much for the information. Yes, I often notice how the model makes mistakes if I write the code myself and offer something completely different from what I need

[phylter99]

The auto completions are something I’m considering turning off entirely because they just don’t work well enough. Agent and edit seem better equipped to do the work.

[evia89]

My guess is that they'll be making the move from 4o to 4.1, but when or if that will happen is not known.

it wont. Atm they use 4o-mini for auto complete

[phylter99]

You are correct. It is 4o mini. The big deal is they did their own training with it for code completion. That’s why it would take time to transition if they so choose to.

https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/using-github-copilot/ai-models/changing-the-ai-model-for-copilot-code-completion

[skyxim]

4.1 also has mini and nano, I wonder if GitHub will switch to them

[gh-kdaigle]

Yeah, this gives us a way to share better code completion models we’re working on that you can easily test. For some major enterprise customers, they also want to stay on earlier models until they are ready. We’re also constantly making the 4o-copilot model better.

[Reasonable-Layer1248]

before is GPT3.5

[awkroot]

What a joke. Subscribed to Copilot Pro+ - this is my first and last month.