Google's Gemini Code Assist: A Free AI Coding Assistant to Rival GitHub Copilot

Google launched a free consumer version of its AI code completion tool, Gemini Code Assist, challenging GitHub Copilot. Offering 180,000 code completions per month and 240 daily chat requests—significantly more than Copilot's free tier—Gemini boasts a larger context window for handling complex codebases. It integrates with popular IDEs and supports multiple programming languages. Google aims to attract developers early, hoping to convert them to paid enterprise plans in the future.