BGR

You Have To Pay For Windows Notepad If You Want To Use AI

If you thought Windows' humble, no-frills text editor would remain untouched by Microsoft's never-ending quest to monetize things, think again. The company dropped AI features for Notepad a few months ...
WinBuzzer

Microsoft Updates Notepad with Markdown Support and AI Features for Paint

Microsoft has released Notepad 11.2512.10.0 with expanded Markdown support and AI streaming, plus Paint 11.2512.191.0 with AI ...

Windows Notepad now has tables but could you stop adding more stuff now Microsoft?

You can have too much of a good thing, you know.
Ars Technica

In 3.5 years, Notepad.exe has gone from “barely maintained” to “it writes for you”

In November, Microsoft began testing an update that allowed users to rewrite or summarize text in Notepad using generative AI. Another preview update today takes it one step further, allowing you to ...
PC World

I told Windows Notepad’s new AI to turn Nvidia’s fail into poetry

Windows 11 has quietly added a new feature to your PC: AI-powered editing to the Windows 11 Notepad app, called Rewrite. In November, Microsoft began testing the addition of AI rewrite capabilities in ...

Microsoft updates Notepad and Paint with more AI features

Microsoft is rolling out new artificial intelligence features with the latest updates to the Notepad and Paint apps for Windows 11 Insiders.
Ars Technica

In 3.5 years, Notepad.exe has gone from “barely maintained” to “it writes for you”

There's a difference between the "Notepad app" and notepad.exe. The Notepad app has the AI and all the new stuff in it. But the old C : \windows\system32\notepad.exe still exists, and is unencumbered ...