GitHub will start charging Copilot users based on their actual AI usage
Ars Technica • 4/28/2026
Summary
GitHub will begin charging users of Copilot based on their actual AI usage. The company stated that it can no longer absorb the "escalating inference cost" from its heaviest AI users.
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