According to reports, Microsoft is integrating AI into its Paint app, which will let users to make art in real-time much like Midjourney.

Microsoft has been giving its long-forgotten Paint app, which had been without significant upgrades and new features for years, a lot of attention lately. The app appears to be receiving yet another update, this time with the option to create AI art in real time, much to Midjourney.

What does that mean, then? If you haven't used Midjourney before, it's a well-known AI-powered picture generator that lets you enter a word prompt to create an image in any style you like, whether it be pixel art, photorealism, or painting.

The reliable Windows leaker PhantomOfEarth on X (previously Twitter) is the source of the story. In a post, he speculated that "LiveCanvas" would be the name of the impending AI function for paint. Although the leaker is unsure of the feature's specifics, Leonardo finds it sounding remarkably familiar.The Real-Time Canvas of AI.

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The @PhantomOfEarth account, however, expressed uncertainty about the capabilities of "Live Canvas." Any doodles might be instantaneously converted into detailed graphics, according to Mayank Parmar of Windows Latest.

It's important to note that OpenAI's DALL-E text-to-image technology is used by Microsoft to power Paint Cocreator, an AI-powered function incorporated into the Paint program. Based on your specifications, Paint Cocreator will create images, just like other AI-based image producers.

It is not a free product, though. Microsoft implemented a credit system as virtual money, according the tool's support page. You receive 50 credits upon joining Cocreator. A single credit is utilized for each image you generate.

Microsoft expands its AI efforts

Microsoft has been attempting to increase its market share in artificial intelligence in recent months. The $3 trillion firm included a "Generative Erase" capability to its built-in Photos app for Windows 10 and 11, similar to Google Magic Eraser.

The tech firm also increased the marketing of its AI helper Copilot by releasing a YouTube ad for the Super Bowl. The advertisement emphasized the different ways that Microsoft wants consumers to interact with Copilot.

What to expect?

Apart from PhantomOfEarth's article, we don't even have a basic notion of what the feature might look like or an estimated release date. As usual, we should treat leaks like this one with a grain of salt. The functionality will probably eventually find its way into the Windows Insider Program, which lets developers and Windows aficionados sign up to receive early access to previews of upcoming versions and potential new features. So, we'll just have to wait and see if it materializes before starting to doodle.

Apart from PhantomOfEarth's article, we don't even have a basic notion of what the feature might look like or an estimated release date. As usual, we should treat leaks like this one with a grain of salt. The functionality will probably eventually find its way into the Windows Insider Program, which lets developers and Windows aficionados sign up to receive early access to previews of upcoming versions and potential new features. So, we'll just have to wait and see if it materializes before starting to doodle.