Microsoft has added bold, italic, and Markdown support to Notepad for Windows 11, updating the famously simple text editor with formatting tools.

Even Microsoft’s Paint app is getting its own AI features called Generative Fill and Generative Erase. The new “fill” feature can edit and add visual features to your photos and drawings by ...

AI tools have arrived in two of the most basic and long-serving Windows utilities. Here’s what they do and how you can turn them off if you prefer.

Since last year, it has been possible to summarize texts and adjust the tone of your writing in Notepad, using Microsoft’s AI tool Copilot. In the latest beta version of Notepad (11.2504.46.0 ...

Again, you can use all of the non-AI features of Notepad and Paint for free, just as always. But try to request a rewrite in Notepad or an image in Paint, and you'll be told that you need a ...

Microsoft is adding an AI-powered Write feature to Notepad as part of Copilot Plus Write uses prompts to generate and refine text The update also enhances Paint with a sticker generator and the ...

Microsoft is now testing a new feature in Notepad that can generate text for you using AI. It’s part of a Windows 11 update being released to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev channels with ...

How does Notepad’s Rewrite feature work? I don’t use AI as part of my daily workflow, save for some spellchecking and occasionally asking Copilot or ChatGPT to provide some alternative headlines.

Recently, another innocent app, Notepad, also got some AI features. The good, ol’ Microsoft Paint received Generative Fill and Generative Erase.

Currently available to Windows Insiders in Windows 11, Microsoft's new AI-powered Rewrite feature will help you fine-tune your prose in Notepad.