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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

    • 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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