Imagine if your clipboard could harness the power of AI. This is no longer fiction – Windows already has the new PowerToys Advanced Paste update, which makes this kind of functionality real.
This new feature, however, comes with a small extra charge. But it can automatically convert text and add data from ChatGPT
Microsoft has introduced an Advanced Paste feature in PowerToys for Windows 11, allowing users to convert clipboard contents on the fly using AI. This feature improves productivity by enabling tasks such as copying code in one language and pasting it in another, although its more advanced capabilities require OpenAI API credits.
Included in PowerToys version 0.81, Advanced Paste can be activated with a specific keyboard shortcut: Windows key + Shift + V. This opens an Advanced Text Paste window offering paste conversion options such as plain text, markdown and JSON.
By enabling Paste with AI in the Advanced Paste settings, users can access an OpenAI prompt to specify the desired conversion. This can range from text summarization and translation to code generation, rewriting text from casual to professional style, or even using Yoda syntax, basically any transformation you can imagine .
However, to use this feature, there are certain prerequisites. Users must add an OpenAI API key in PowerToys and must purchase credits for their OpenAI account if they do not already have them. It’s important to note that API credits are separate from a paid ChatGPT account.
Written by Alius Noreïka
Originally published in The European Times.
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