Microsoft Is Turbocharging Notepad And Paint With New Generative AI Tools

When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) tools, companies are leaving no stone unturned. Even Notepad, the humble little text editor in Windows, is getting a generative AI upgrade. Same goes for Paint, and if you're a Windows Insider in the Canary or Dev channel, you can begin testing the nifty new features right away in Windows 11 (with a caveat -- more on that in a moment).

Starting with Paint (version 11.2410.28.0), Microsoft is taking a page from more powerful image editors like Photoshop with generative fill and generative erase features. Using the generative fill tool, you can select a portion of your image and then type into a pop-up text prompt what you'd like to see generated.

What about the caveat? At the outset, Microsoft is making this feature exclusive to Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs before testing it more broadly.

As with the generative erase ...