Microsoft Is Adding an AI-powered Cowriter to Notepad

Jan. 10, 2024

Cowriter AI is Coming to Notepad

Thanks to PhantomOfEarth (visit) on X (formerly Twitter) who discovered the new Notepad feature, you will be able to rewrite content using AI. The feature is still in the testing phase as Microsoft has justadded the placeholderfor the Cowriter tool in the latest version of Notepad.

The changes have been discovered in the Insider Preview build of Windows 11 and the Notepad version is 11.2312.17.0.

Keep in mind that installing the said version does not enable the feature automatically. It’s going to possibly be rolled out similar toMS Paint Cocreatorwith awaiting list. Apparently, there is also a credit limit to use the Cocreator feature in the Notepad app. However, credits will be re-added every few days.

Besides that, there is also an “Explain with Copilot” menu in the context menu, and the Cowriter tool lets you change the format with options such as Paragraph, List, Business, and Academic. While some would find the AI feature in Notepad noteworthy (pun intended), some Windows power users are unhappy with Microsoft’s approach of adding AI tools everywhere.

Recently, Microsoft started callingEdge an “AI Browser”and announced that anew Copilot keyis being added to the Windows laptop keyboard. Like it or not, AI is going to be the central theme on Windows 12 going forward. What’s your take on this development? Let us know in the comments section below.

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