Copilot can now approve pull requests

GitHub’s Copilot can now be authorized to approve pull requests, moving it from a review assistant to a potential gate in the software delivery process. For CIOs and technology leaders, this could speed release cycles and reduce reviewer bottlenecks, but it also raises the stakes for governance, policy enforcement, and trust in AI-assisted SDLC controls. IT organizations should treat this as an enterprise feature-flagged capability that requires careful configuration by repo, org, and enterprise, with clear approval boundaries and oversight for compliance and risk management.