When a list just writes itself

We don't even have to make our own lists anymore.

- Vishal Mathur

Google recently introduced a "Create a list with AI" feature in Keep that can do the thinking for you, at least some of the time. Enter a prompt such as "Classic movies to watch at Christmas" and the Gemini AI model populates the list.

Microsoft's OneNote uses the Copilot AI program to do something similar: tell it to draft a plan for a dinner gathering, and a list of to-dos begins to take shape.

These are unusual USPs for note-making apps, but such USPs abound, now that AI has been driving these applications in new directions for about two years.