I retested Microsoft Copilot's AI coding skills in 2025 and now it's got serious game

There's been a ton of buzz about how AIs can help programming, but in the first year or two of generative AI, much of that was hype. Microsoft ran huge events celebrating how Copilot could help you code, but when I put it to the test in April 2024, it failed all four of my standardized tests. It completely struck out. Crashed and burned. Fell off the cliff. It performed the worst of any AI I tested.

Mixed metaphors aside, let's stick with baseball. Copilot traded its cleats for a bus pass. It was not worthy.

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But time spent in the bullpen of life seems to have helped Copilot. This time, when it showed up for tryouts, it was warmed up and ready to step into the box. It was throwing heat in the ...