Summary
- Notepad, a simple Microsoft app, has received a makeover and become a more serious writing tool with the Windows Insider update.
- It now has Copilot AI capabilities and a new summarized menu option, allowing users to rewrite and customize text, and summarize text documents.
- These new functions allow for the editing, shortening or lengthening, and rephrasing of text.
- To use these new functions however, users need a Microsoft 365 Personal or Family subscription, which critics say detracts from their usefulness.
- Microsoft is also rolling out AI capabilities to other apps, such as Paint and the Snipping Tool.
- While these updates add new functionality, many feel that Notepad should have been left alone to retain its charm and simplicity.
By Yadullah Abidi
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