Microsoft has added a slew of new generative AI features to Paint, Snipping Tool, and Notepad, courtesy of Microsoft Copilot. But unfortunately for many, some of these new features are only available for those with Copilot-compatible Windows machines.If you’re still using Microsoft Paint, you can use the new AI-powered feature to create custom stickers by simply typing in a prompt, though you'll need a Copilot compatible device to get it to work. To give the new feature a test drive, you’ll need to click the Sticker Generator button in the Copilot menu. From there, you can type in a description of the sticker you want to create—for example, “monkey wearing a suit”—and hit the Generate button.Paint will then generate a set of unique stickers based on your prompt. If you then fall in love with your new AI sticker, you can access all your recently generated stickers by tapping the new Stickers option in the Paint toolbar.Copilot can also now help you slim down the amount of time it takes to edit your clippings. The new feature, Perfect Screenshot, will resize your clipping based on the content in your selection using AI. You can enable the feature by holding the Ctrl keyboard shortcut after activating the Snipping Tool while selecting the region of your screen you want to capture. Unfortunately, Perfect Screenshot in Snipping Tool will be available only on Copilot+ PCs.Recommended by Our EditorsIn addition, you can now write new content in Notepad using generative AI by entering a prompt. You'll need to place your cursor where you want to insert new text, or select the content you’d like to use as a reference. Then right-click and choose Write, select Write from the Copilot menu, or use the Ctrl + Q keyboard shortcut. You'll then need to enter your instruction into the dialog and click Send. The AI-generated output will appear directly on the canvas.You can select Keep Text to add it to your document or Discard if it doesn’t fit your needs. You can also continue refining the output by entering follow-up prompts to evolve your draft further. But to use write, you'll need to make sure you have enough of Microsoft's new AI credits.But these new features may ultimately seem small fry compared with what Microsoft says it has lined up for the future. In a keynote at Microsoft’s Build conference earlier this week, CEO Satya Nadella made some hugely ambitious promises that AI is ready to start transforming the experiences of Microsoft users, while announcing new AI-focused tools for developers. Nadella said the tech world is in the middle of “another platform shift,” equivalent to 1991, when Win32 developer tools were rolling out, or 1996, when a variety of companies built new development tools designed for the internet. #microsoft #adds #gen #features #paint