Windows AI Lab: Here's how to test new AI features

Windows AI Lab lets users try out experimental AI-powered tools, starting with Microsoft Paint.

Microsoft launches Windows AI Lab , a new program for early testing of experimental AI-based features. It's a true laboratory open to the most curious and enterprising users. The goal is to validate ideas, gather feedback, and understand which AI tools deserve to be at the heart of Windows.

Microsoft launches AI Lab to test new AI features, starting with Paint.

The first app is Microsoft Paint , which has already received a surprising redesign in recent months. Transparencies, layers, .paint project files —the old graphics editor is now increasingly similar to Photoshop. Now, with the arrival of the AI ​​Lab program , Paint could become the testing ground for generative tools, creative assistants, and intelligent features that help you draw, edit, and create with the help of artificial intelligence.

How Windows AI Lab works and who can access it

According to Mike Harsh, Microsoft's product manager, AI Lab is an "acceleration pilot program" aimed at rapidly testing new ideas. The focus is on usability, genuine user interest, and market compatibility. Some testers have already spotted references to the program in pre-release versions of Paint, but Microsoft hasn't yet revealed which features will be available first.

Artificial intelligence “colonizes” Windows

Paint isn't the only app involved. Microsoft has already introduced AI features in Notepad , with intelligent suggestions and automatic summaries , and in File Explorer , where AI can help categorize and find content. Image generation is also already enabled in Paint, a sign that the future of Windows is increasingly dominated by artificial intelligence.