[McNutty]

Couldn't disagree more. Notepad is a place to dump snippets of unformatted text, for a temporary duration unless I explicity save the file. I already didn't like that they added the tabs feature and autosave recently.

If I want to do writing I'll use one of the 6 tools on my PC more suited to that task.

[evilduck]

As a counterpoint, I'm on macOS where their latest AI writing tools are now implemented system wide. I also use TextEdit (approximately equivalent to Windows Notepad) and the Stickies app for similar text dumping ground behavior and yet, having the AI writing tools available on those two apps is incredibly useful. I often don't use it at all, but there are things I want to run through it and not having to move the text yet again to another app is nice.

It's _also_ useful in my apps dedicated to writing and even the text areas of browsers. I think it's all about implementation though, Apple's writing tools are quietly buried in the context menu for most text inputs. Microsoft has a tendency to be pushy and in your face about their latest AI offerings like shoving it into the Start Menu, or making it a prominent and visible element of their UI (Copilot in VSCode, even when you're not a subscriber) and the Verge's screenshot isn't enough for me to judge this by.

[Dylan16807]

The program that's roughly equivalent to TextEdit is WordPad, and Microsoft is in the middle of removing it.

WordPad would be a much better place to shove in a complex feature like AI.

[JumpCrisscross]

Apple’s AI is way less intrusive.

[lxgr]

So many people aren't even aware that other tools exist, can't install them for corporate policy reasons etc.

In these cases, the best tool is the one you've already got.