AI Summaries Are Coming To Notepad (theverge.com)
- Reference: 0176719237
- News link: https://slashdot.org/story/25/03/14/2027208/ai-summaries-are-coming-to-notepad
- Source link: https://www.theverge.com/news/629412/windows-11-notepad-ai-summaries-snipping-tool
> Microsoft is testing AI-powered summaries in Notepad. In an update rolling out to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev channels, you'll be able to [2]summarize information in Notepad by highlighting a chunk of text, right-clicking it, and selecting Summarize.
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> Notepad will then generate a summary of the text, as well as provide an option to change its length. You can also generate summaries by selecting text and using the Ctrl + M shortcut or choosing Summarize from the Copilot menu.
[1] https://slashdot.org/~way2trivial
[2] https://www.theverge.com/news/629412/windows-11-notepad-ai-summaries-snipping-tool
Notepad++ or Linux to Avoid Data Theft (Score:2)
The AI infection spreads even more.
Re: (Score:2)
Yeah, I use notepad when I just need a simple way to work with a plain text document or configuration file. If I want a word processor, I'll use one.
What's the use case for this? (Score:2)
Is it "Hey, summarize what I just wrote" ?? Or is it "Let me paste text I got from the internet/from a Word document/from a PDF into Notepad, and summarize that." ??
this is becoming a joke (Score:2)
If it wasn't already. Nobody should be editing their essays in notepad.
Re: (Score:2)
That's why I use Notepad++
It's Already Fucked So Why Not? (Score:2)
They already fucked notepad by extending it with things like autosave/neverclose. So, why not pour more unwanted diarrhea into it?
It's too bad that this has happened. It used to be the most used text editor on the planet for the last ~30 years.
Re: (Score:2)
It still exists: [1]https://www.winhelponline.com/... [winhelponline.com]
[1] https://www.winhelponline.com/blog/restore-old-classic-notepad-windows/
Why? (Score:2)
Just why?
Why? It's a text editor (Score:2)
OneNote, I can understand. That could actually be useful. But notepad?
Then again, this is the company that things Windows 11 and "Outlook (new)" is an improvement.
Do they have an AI running their company? (Score:2)
Starting to think Microsoft doesn't have any humans actually making decisions over there or using their products.
More useless crap (Score:2)
Meanwhile Deep Mind wins the Nobel prize and goes on to uncover the secrets of the cell
Perplexity and other deep research tools are starting to get really useful
Scientists are figuring out ways to design AI tools to improve their work ...and the consumer-facing AI companies continue to churn out crap generators