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  Copilot breaks loose from its deep integration with VSCode,  and now embraces the CLI Warriors in offering a terminal-based interface too. At last Copilot gets its own CLI version, bringing it up to par with competitors like Gemini CLI or Claude Code CLI. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/18432-github-copilot-cli-and-spaces-in-preview.html

  Microsoft has merged Semantic Kernel and AutoGen to create the Agent Framework, stirring the AI Agent waters. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/18425-exploring-the-microsoft-agent-framework.html

  Introducing OpenCode, an opensource, powerful, fully-hackable AI coding agent for the terminal that takes on commercial agents head to head. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/18435-opencode-the-claude-code-alternative-.html

  Google brings the power of Chrome DevTools to AI coding assistants with its Chrome DevTools Model Context Protocol server, now in public preview.  https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/18416-chrome-devtools-to-benefit-from-mcp.html

  Google's AI Studio can now generate Angular applications. Add the Web Codegen Scorer tool on top and you get a pretty solid Angular development platform. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/167-javascript/18414-google-ai-studio-does-angular.html

  IBM has launched Granite 4.0, the next generation of open-source, small but efficient, IBM language models, together with Granite-Docling, the next gen document format converter. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/18409-ibm-launches-granite-version-40-and-granite-docling-.html

  New options are now available for Jules, Google's coding Agent - a CLI and an API.  We covered the release of Jules back in August, see  Google Jules Coding Assistant Now Available . To cut a long story short, we found that Jules is: https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/18404-jules-coding-agent-upgraded.html

  It's been some years since we first looked at Qodana, the solid SAST tool from JetBrains. Let's find out what's new in its latest release, Qodana 2025.2. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/18398-qodana-revisited-.html

  ChartDB strikes back with a database agent that auto-magically draws database schemas for you. Last February in  Database Diagramming With ChartDB  we looked at ChartDB as an open-source database diagrams editor that can be self-hosted or used in the Cloud which could: https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/18391-chartdb-the-erd-agent.html

  PostgreSQL 18 was released on September 25, boosting a  many great features. If you check out the official release statement you'll find that there's a lot to digest, so we'll focus on just a few key features. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/84-database/18383-postgresql-18-released-whats-new.html