WW 961: Petroleum Exchange Expert - AI Resistance, Reality, & the Rise of Slop

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Dec 4, 2025

Can AI outlive its own hype? The hosts debate the implications of OpenAI's 'code red' and why the 'Made with AI' label is seen as a detriment. They discuss Microsoft's latest Windows 11 updates, including new UI features and dark mode improvements. There's buzz about a potential merger of ChromeOS and Android into the mysterious Aluminium OS. The podcast also covers subscription fatigue and the rise of rental software, alongside explorations into gaming updates, including new titles for Game Pass.

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Use Click-To-Do For Quick Table Actions

Try Click-to-Do on Copilot+ PCs for context-specific actions like saving tables to Excel.
Use the streamlined context menu to access common actions quickly instead of hunting in Settings.

INSIGHT

Windows Week D Bundles Major Quality Updates

Week D preview bundles many Windows 11 quality and Copilot+ improvements into one release that previews December Patch Tuesday.
Features include Click-to-Do, Studio Effects expansion, File Explorer dark-mode fixes, and virtual workspaces in Settings.

INSIGHT

Google's 'Aluminium' Aims At Desktop Android

Google plans an 'Aluminium OS' combining Android and ChromeOS to run on laptops and desktops with desktop multitasking features.
This signals renewed competition for Windows on PCs with Android-based desktop modes.

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Can the AI boom survive its own hype? This episode takes on the future of OpenAI, tech's subscription fatigue, and why "Made with AI" labels might be the new scarlet letter. Plus, Microsoft's ugly sweaters are back for some reason.

Windows 11

Week D comes a week late and in the wrong month, but it's a big one, and a preview of what to expect next week in Patch Tuesday
More pervasive dark mode
Copilot+ PC exclusives: Improvements to Click to Do, Windows Search, Windows Studio Effects, Agent in Settings
Expansion of FSE availability
Improvements across Settings, Share, File Explorer, Desktop Spotlight, more
Aluminium OS is the name of the ChromeOS/Android Frankenstein that will take on Windows
Android 16 QPR2 is here with about 1,000 new features and maybe a saner approach to OS updating than what we see on Windows

AI slop is no enshittification: Human error is still a much bigger issue
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney is right: The "Made with AI" label is silly and needs to go
OpenAI declares a "code red" after Google finally figured out AI
Opera quietly does an about-face on AI in its browsers
Opera Neon gets one-minute deep research, Gemini 3, and Nano Banana

Xbox and gaming

Mortal Kombat 1, more coming to Game Pass in first half of December
Valve is quietly bringing SteamOS, Windows games to Arm

Tips & picks

Tip of the week: Time to cull
Tip of the week #2: Time to look back
RunAs Radio this week: The M365 Copilot Data Readiness Checklist with Nikki Chapple
Brown liquor pick of the week: Stumbras Starka

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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