Microsoft Adds Paywall for AI Features in Notepad and Paint

Microsoft Adds Paywall for AI Features in Notepad and Paint

For the first time, some features in longstanding Microsoft apps Notepad and Paint will require a paid subscription. As reported by PC World earlier this year, some newer features that have been added to apps that use AI, such as an image generator in Paint and AI rewriting of text in Notepad, will require a paid Microsoft 365 account.

Non-AI features in both Paint and Notepad should continue to work. Those that are not accessible due to a lack of a subscription may be grayed out in the…

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