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Oct 27, 2026, 1:43 AM EDT
GitHub Copilot Assisted Permissions Is GA: A Model Now Pre-Approves Agent Commands, Paths and URLs
Copilot CLI, the Copilot app and VS Code can now let a large language model approve clearly safe agent requests and send the rest to you. Here is how to turn it on, what admins can lock down, and why it is not a sandbox.
Oct 26, 2026, 11:57 PM EDT
Cursor Adds DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, Putting Every Effort Tier on Its Cost Frontier at $0.60-$0.98 per Task
Cursor's model picker now includes DeepSeek V4.1 Flash with no BYOK proxy required. CursorBench 4.0 data shows all four effort tiers beat every other benchmarked model at the same or lower price per task.
Oct 26, 2026, 10:56 PM EDT
GPT-6.1 Terra Lands on Amazon Bedrock and GitHub Copilot at Half Price
OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Terra arrives simultaneously on Amazon Bedrock and GitHub Copilot, offering a 1M-token context window, 3x faster task execution, and 50% lower token pricing for daily agentic workflows.

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Flow diagram: an agent request to run a command, access a path or open a URL passes deny rules, enterprise policy and saved approvals, then an LLM review; clearly safe requests run automatically and uncertain ones go to a human.

October 27, 2026

GitHub Copilot Assisted Permissions Is GA: A Model Now Pre-Approves Agent Commands, Paths and URLs

Copilot CLI, the Copilot app and VS Code can now let a large language model approve clearly safe agent requests and send the rest to you. Here is how to turn it on, what admins can lock down, and why it is not a sandbox.

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