By AV Club
Publication Date: 2026-03-21 12:00:00
Microsoft’s Notepad might be the planet’s most perfect computer program: You open it. You type some stuff. You save it. Then, you move on with your life. (If you’re some kind of pervert, you might also play around with formatting or a font or two; we’re not here to judge.) Which made it feel that little bit extra ridiculous about a year ago, when the Windows 11 version of the PC writing equivalent of a cuneiform tablet suddenly started offering AI integration to those of us just trying to keep track of which dang movies we’ve seen this year. Sure, none of these new additions were useful or anything, because they never are, but it did feel pointed: We’re Microsoft, and there’s nothing we won’t stick this crap in!
