Great, now even Microsoft Paint can make AI slop

A screenshot of Microsoft Paint AI Restyle feature showing an image of a maritime scene on the left converted into a simpler scene with more contrast and pops of yellow paint, overlaid by the Microsoft Paint logo.

If there's one creative app you might think would be safe from generative AI, it's MS Paint. Still part of Windows after 40 years, the classic painting app's charm was, for a long time, its low-tech simplicity compared to the many more sophisticated digital art programs that emerged after it.

Alas, with the Copilot chat bot now an intrinsic part of Windows, generative AI is cropping up everywhere. Microsoft had already put Cocreator in Paint for sketch-to-image capabilities. Now it's adding Restyle, which you can use to turn any image into, say 'pop art', or what some might more accurately term 'AI slop'.