The Notepad that knew too much: Humble text editor gets unnecessary AI infusion

Notepad was the simplest of text editors and has been a part of Windows for decades. In recent years, Microsoft has tinkered ...
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 ...

Microsoft to power free-to-use NotePad on Windows with AI tools: What's new

Microsoft's new update for Windows Insiders brings AI writing features in Notepad, introduces editable project files option in Paint, and a quick markup tool in Snipping Tool ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft Notepad to get AI-powered rewriting tool on Windows 11

Microsoft has started testing AI-powered Notepad text rewriting and Paint image generation tools four decades after the two programs were released in the 1980s. These AI "experiences" (as the company ...
PC World

Over 40 years later, Windows’ Notepad finally has spell check

Earlier this year, Microsoft killed WordPad—the free and surprisingly capable built-in word processor that debuted in Windows 95. For this, they must be punished. Yet while Microsoft taketh away, they ...

Microsoft is giving Notepad free AI features.

If you have a Copilot Plus PC, Microsoft is adding summarize, write, and rewrite AI-powered features to Notepad soon. Windows ...