Microsoft is starting to roll out new AI upgrades for three windows' classic apps: Notepad, Paint and Snipping Tool. These are enhancements which are aimed to improve productivity and creativity by mixing artificial intelligence to work with ordinary tasks. Practitioners of all varieties have been able to experience how these tools make workflows smarter and more intuitive, starting with early testers.

Highlights:

• Paint now includes AI image generation capabilities.
• Snipping Tool gets OCR (Optical Character Recognition) support.
• Notepad introduces AI-assisted writing suggestions.
• All tools integrate with Microsoft Copilot features.
• Updates aim to make creative tasks more seamless and efficient.

Microsoft’s integration of AI image generation into the famous old app Microsoft Paint shows that it’s evolving beyond what it has always done. The app lets users tell it what they want and will generate a visual based on that prompt. This addition allows non-designers and hobbyists to create complex illustrations without having to go about learning complex skills that makes content creation easier than ever.

The photo accompanying this article showcases the Snipping Tool’s improved OCR capabilities to extract text from images and screenshots with near immaculate accuracy. Users who rely on screenshots for documentation, studying or content collection is a major step forward for this AI feature. The ability to make text copyable and searchable allows people new ways to interact with static visual content.

The classic writing app Notepad is equipped with AI that adds real time suggestions, rephrase options and grammar fixes to whatever you write. This is great for anyone taking notes, working out ideas or just doing basic editing and it brings a little bit of productivity. AI in Notepad helps students note the ideas or professionals to jot quick memos, whether its’ students or professionals.