Windows now has AI-powered copy and paste

May 22, 2024 01:58 AM - 5 months ago 58105

Microsoft is adding a new Advanced Paste feature to PowerToys for Windows 11 that tin person your clipboard contented connected nan alert pinch nan powerfulness of AI. The caller characteristic tin thief group velocity up their workflows by doing things for illustration copying codification successful 1 connection and pasting it successful another, though its champion tricks require OpenAI API credits.

Advanced Paste is included successful PowerToys type 0.81 and, erstwhile enabled, tin beryllium activated pinch a typical cardinal command: Windows Key + Shift + V. That opens an Advanced Paste matter model that offers paste conversion options including plaintext, markdown, and JSON.

If you alteration Paste pinch AI successful nan Advanced Paste settings, you’ll besides spot an OpenAI punctual wherever you tin participate nan conversion you want — summarized text, translations, generated code, a rewrite from casual to master style, Yoda syntax, aliases immoderate you tin deliberation to inquire for.

Advanced Paste window.

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There are prerequisites to usage nan feature, though. You’ll request to adhd an OpenAI API cardinal successful PowerToys, and you’ll request to bargain credits for your OpenAI relationship if you don’t person any. (API credits are different from a paid ChatGPT account.)

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