Using Kimi K2.5 and DeepSeek V4 in VS Code with GitHub Copilot BYOK and OpenCode
GitHub Copilot is moving into a different cost model. GitHub announced that Copilot plans will transition from premium request units to GitHub AI Credits on June 1, 2026. Usage will be calculated from token consumption, including input, output and cached tokens, using the listed API rates for each model. This is a more direct mapping between compute usage and billing, but it also changes the economics for teams that have started to use agentic workflows heavily.
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