Microsoft is adding Cowriter AI to Notepad

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Microsoft is working on adding AI to the plain text editor Notepad on Windows. Called Cowriter, it is adding AI-based text manipulation features to the text editor.
Windows enthusiast PhantomOcean3 posted a screenshot of Cowriter in Notepad on Twitter. It shows the Cowriter menu in Notepad.



The menu lists available credits and several options to manipulate text in Notepad. These are, at the time of writing:

• Rewrite -- this commands the AI to rewrite the selected text.
  
• Make shorter -- asks the AI to reduce the size of the text.
  
• Make longer -- opposite of make shorter.
  
• Change tone -- to change the tone of the text, e.g., from casual to professional.
  
• Change format -- to change the format, e.g., from paragraph to blog post.
  

If this reminds you of something, you are not mistaken. If you check the Compose option that Microsoft baked into its Edge browser last year, you will notice that it offers similar functionality.
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