Security News > 2023 > November > GitHub Universe: Open Source Trends Report and New AI Security Products
GitHub Advanced Security gains AI features, and GitHub Copilot now includes a chatbot option.
At the GitHub Universe conference held in San Francisco and virtually on Nov. 8 and Nov. 9, 2023, the company revealed its new open source trends report as well as changes to GitHub Copilot and AI enhancements for GitHub Advanced Security.
At GitHub Universe, the company announced GitHub Copilot Chat, which is a generative AI assistant that explains code in natural language, and GitHub Copilot Enterprise.
Additional AI features added to GitHub Advanced Security Must-read developer coverage.
"Developers need the ability to proactively secure their code right where it's created," GitHub VP of product management, Asha Chakrabarty, and director of product marketing at GitHub security lab and platform security, Laura Paine, wrote in a blog post.
Other new features of GitHub Advanced Security include authoring custom patterns with generative AI and a new security overview dashboard.
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