Notepad’s new Write feature can be used to “quickly draft text based on your prompt,” according to the Windows Insider Blog, “or build upon existing content with AI-powered assistance.” You can either right-click where you want new text to be inserted in a document or after selecting existing text you want to use as a reference.

Microsoft is taking the next step in its journey to put Windows back at the center of computing. Windows AI Foundry, announced at the company’s Build developer conference Monday morning, is a new framework to help developers fine-tune and run AI models directly on PCs.

During a build session, Microsoft demonstrated a function that is intended to provide a more seamless user experience for apps between Windows and Android.

Developers can now look under the hood at the component that allows a Linux environment to run within Windows.

Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Eno, a longtime critic of the Israeli government who’s backed pro-Palestine efforts, said on Instagram he would use his original earnings from the Windows 95 startup chime to help “the victims of the attacks on Gaza.”

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Windows AI Foundry supersedes Windows Copilot Runtime, as Microsoft doubles down on delivering AI-powered applications on Windows.

The announcement closes a nearly nine-year-old request from the developer community, and signals a new era of collaboration between Microsoft and open-source contributors.