With the increased price tags due to the inclusion of Copilot AI, you'll have to shell out $10 a month or $100 a year for a Microsoft 365 Personal plan or $13 a month or $130 a year for a Family plan. The only feature you can still enjoy without a plan is the background removal in Paint.

New prompts to subscribe to Microsoft 365 have started popping up when trying to use Notepad's AI features, leading to confusion.

Microsoft officials clarified that Notepad does NOT require you to set up a Microsoft account in order to use the text editor.

Two iconic Windows apps will have certain features restricted if you don't have an active Microsoft 365 subscription.

If you want to use the Notepad Rewrite AI feature, you have to log in with a Microsoft account, but your information will be collected.