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ai.u crew continue their discussion on using new AI tools to “automate yourself,” focusing on agentic products like Claude Cowork, Microsoft Cowork, and Perplexity Computer, how to get started, and subscription costs. They note Claude’s $20/month plan is quickly token-limited and may require upgrading to a higher tier (about $125/month) for sustained use. Kevin describes Cowork controlling a browser to complete a driver safety course (with user oversight), building presentations, and scraping hundreds of sites to assemble a financial model, while cautioning that token use can make simple web tasks inefficient and that guardrails are necessary. Travis highlights common low-hanging uses like consolidating transcripts/emails into documents and raises tensions with websites that block bot behavior, the ad-driven web, and paywalls. The group debates how agents shift attention, incentives, and agency, increase output volume, distance people from work and reality, and change how they read, learn, and connect online, while noting growing experimentation across nontechnical professionals.

00:00 Welcome Back and Setup

00:37 Part Two on Automation

01:46 Getting Started With Claude

02:02 Pricing and Token Limits

03:19 Kevin Tests Cowork

03:53 Driver Safety Course Demo

05:22 Scraping and Token Tradeoffs

07:20 Travis Low Hanging Use Cases

08:05 Web Bots vs Site Defenses

09:54 Ads and the Agentic Web

17:18 Subscriptions and Paywalls

19:54 Claude Add Ins and Dispatch

22:44 Building Pitch Decks Fast

23:58 Agents Change Human Attention

25:34 Personal Assistants and Insularity

28:11 Debating an Article With AI

29:28 Simulated Debate vs Humans

30:06 AI Comment Slop on LinkedIn

30:57 Skipping the Messy Learning

32:47 Everyday People Try AI

33:58 Life With AI Assistants

34:58 Developers and Abstraction Drift

36:23 Outcomes Over Outputs

37:04 Summaries and Shrinking Attention

37:59 Agents Gatekeeping Humans

39:12 Whose Agent Is It

40:01 Trust Without Expertise

41:44 Drowning in Agent Activity

43:22 Robots and Household Tasks

45:49 High Agency vs Low Agency

47:51 Writing for Agents Now

50:15 Proximity Still Matters

51:44 Subscription Agents Everywhere

52:39 Wrapping Up the Agent Era

53:43 Agents Talking to Agents

54:26 Final Sign Off

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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.8148 (KB 5083825) to the Beta Channel. Changes in Beta Channel builds and updates are documented in two buckets: new features, and improvements (including notable fixes) that are being gradually rolled out for Insiders who have turned on the toggle to get the latest updates as they are available (via Settings > Windows Update*) and then new features, and improvements (including notable fixes) rolling out to everyone in the Beta Channel. For more information, see the Reminders section at the bottom of this blog post.

Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out with toggle on*

[Windows Protected Print Mode]

• We are adding a new icon to show where a printer supports Windows Protected Print Mode in print settings.

[caption id="attachment_178850" align="alignnone" width="413"] New Windows Protected Print Mode icon.[/caption]

[Input]

• Users will be able to feel haptic feedback effects on compatible input devices while performing certain actions, such as aligning objects in PowerPoint, window snapping, resizing, or hovering over the Close button. These haptic effects can be configured in Settings under Bluetooth & devices > Mouse > Haptic signals.

Feedback: Share your thoughts in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Input and Language > Mouse.

[Xbox mode]

• Xbox full screen experience is now Xbox mode
• We've added an improved first run experience when entering Xbox mode

Feedback: Share your thoughts in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Gaming and Xbox > Gaming Full Screen Experience.

[Other]

• Improved performance of launching startup apps after boot (apps which display under Settings > Apps > Startup).
• Fixed an issue resulting in certain apps not being able to sign in recently, citing an internal connection issue when internet was actually connected.
• Fixed an underlying crash impacting some Insiders’ ability to print with the latest flights.

Reminders for Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel

• Updates are based on Windows 11, version 25H2 via an enablement package (Build 26220.8148).
• Many features are rolled out using Controlled Feature Rollout technology, starting with a subset of Insiders and ramping up over time as we monitor feedback to see how they land before pushing them out to everyone in this channel.
• The desktop watermark shown at the lower right corner of the desktop is normal for Windows Insider pre-release builds.
• For Windows Insiders who want to be the first to get features gradually rolled out to you, you can turn ON the toggle to get the latest updates as they are available via Settings > Windows Update*. Over time, we will increase the rollouts of features to everyone with the toggle turned on. Should you keep this toggle off, new features will gradually be rolled out to your PC over time once they are ready.
• Features and experiences included in these builds may never get released as we try out different concepts and get feedback. Features may change over time, be removed, or replaced and never get released beyond Windows Insiders. Some of these features and experiences could show up in future Windows releases when they’re ready.
• Some features in active development we preview with Windows Insiders may not be fully localized and localization will happen over time as features are finalized. As you see issues with localization in your language, please report those issues to us via Feedback Hub.
• Check out Flight Hub for a complete look at what build is in which Insider channel.

Thanks, Windows Insider Program Team

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26300.8155 (KB 5083822) to the Dev Channel. Changes in Dev Channel builds and updates are documented in two buckets: new features, and improvements (including notable fixes) that are being gradually rolled out for Insiders who have turned on the toggle to get the latest updates as they are available (via Settings > Windows Update*) and then new features, and improvements (including notable fixes) rolling out to everyone in the Dev Channel. For more information, see the Reminders section at the bottom of this blog.

Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out with toggle on*

[Input]

• Users will be able to feel haptic feedback effects on compatible input devices while performing certain actions, such as aligning objects in PowerPoint, window snapping, resizing, or hovering over the Close button. These haptic effects can be configured in Settings under Bluetooth & devices > Mouse > Haptic signals.

Feedback: Share your thoughts in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Input and Language > Mouse.

[Xbox mode]

• Xbox full screen experience is now Xbox mode
• We've added an improved first run experience when entering Xbox mode

Feedback: Share your thoughts in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Gaming and Xbox > Gaming Full Screen Experience.

[Other]

• Improved performance of launching startup apps after boot (apps which display under Settings > Apps > Startup).
• Fixed an issue resulting in certain apps not being able to sign in recently, citing an internal connection issue when internet was actually connected.
• Fixed an underlying crash impacting some Insiders’ ability to print with the latest flights.

Reminders for Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel

• Updates are based on Windows 11, version 25H2 via an enablement package (Build 26300.8155).
• Many features are rolled out using Controlled Feature Rollout technology, starting with a subset of Insiders and ramping up over time as we monitor feedback to see how they land before pushing them out to everyone in this channel.
• The desktop watermark shown at the lower right corner of the desktop is normal for Windows Insider pre-release builds.
• For Windows Insiders who want to be the first to get features gradually rolled out to you, you can turn ON the toggle to get the latest updates as they are available via Settings > Windows Update*. Over time, we will increase the rollouts of features to everyone with the toggle turned on. Should you keep this toggle off, new features will gradually be rolled out to your PC over time once they are ready.
• Features and experiences included in these builds may never get released as we try out different concepts and get feedback. Features may change over time, be removed, or replaced and never get released beyond Windows Insiders. Some of these features and experiences could show up in future Windows releases when they’re ready.
• Some features in active development we preview with Windows Insiders may not be fully localized and localization will happen over time as features are finalized. As you see issues with localization in your language, please report those issues to us via Feedback Hub.
• Check out Flight Hub for a complete look at what build is in which Insider channel.

Thanks, Windows Insider Program Team

Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows Insider Preview Build 29560.1000 to the Windows 11 Insider Canary Channel on the optional 29500 build series.

What’s new in Canary Build 29560.1000

Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out with toggle on*

• This update includes platform changes in moving to a new active development build.

[General]

• Fixed an issue causing some Insiders to experience an increase in freezes after the latest flights.
• Fixed an issue resulting in attached USB devices not working for some Insiders after the latest flight.
• Improved reliability of Setting Screensaver Settings back to None.

Reminders for Windows Insiders in the Canary Channel

• These builds can be unstable and may be released with limited documentation. Join Windows Insider – Get early access to Windows 11 features & updates
• The builds we release to the Canary Channel represent the latest platform changes early in the development cycle and should not be seen as matched to any specific release of Windows. Features and experiences included in these builds may never get released as we try out different concepts and get feedback. Features may change over time, be removed, or replaced and never get released beyond Windows Insiders. Some of these features and experiences could show up in future Windows releases when they’re ready.
• Many features in the Canary Channel are rolled out using Control Feature Rollout technology, starting with a subset of Insiders and ramping up over time as we monitor feedback to see how they land before pushing them out to everyone in this channel.
• The desktop watermark shown at the lower right corner of the desktop is normal for Windows Insider pre-release builds.
• Some features may show up in the Dev and Beta Channels first before showing up in the Canary
• For Windows Insiders who want to be the first to get features gradually rolled out to you, you can turn ON the toggle to get the latest updates as they are available via Settings > Windows Update*. Over time, we will increase the rollouts of features to everyone with the toggle turned on. Should you keep this toggle off, new features will gradually be rolled out to your PC over time once they are ready.
• Some features in active development we preview with Windows Insiders may not be fully localized and localization will happen over time as features are finalized. As you see issues with localization in your language, please report those issues to us via Feedback Hub.
• To get off the Canary Channel, a clean install of Windows 11 will be required.
• Check out Flight Hub for a complete look at what build is in which Insider channel.

Thanks, Windows Insider Program Team

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 28020.1803 to the Canary Channel. (KB 5083824)

What’s new in Canary Build 28020.1803

Changes and Improvements gradually being rolled out with toggle on*

• This update includes a small set of general improvements and fixes that improve the overall experience for Insiders running this build on their PCs.

[Input]

• Pen settings: we have made refinements to the Pen settings page including small changes to the options for the pen tail button. A new option, “Same as Copilot key”, enables the pen tail button to launch the same app as the Copilot key. Feedback: Share your thoughts in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Devices and Drivers > Bluetooth – Keyboards, Mice, and Pens.

• Improved reliability of configuring fluid dictation option in voice typing (Windows key plus H) settings.

[Settings]

• The Settings Developer Mode dialog is updating to be visually consistent with the rest of Windows 11 dialogs.

[caption id="attachment_178843" align="alignnone" width="630"] Updated Settings Developer Mode dialog.[/caption]

Feedback: Share your thoughts in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Settings > All other settings.

[Other]

• Removed extraneous unexpected error from sfc /scannow.

Reminders for Windows Insiders in the Canary Channel

• These builds can be unstable and may be released with limited documentation. Join Windows Insider – Get early access to Windows 11 features & updates
• Many features in the Canary Channel are rolled out using Control Feature Rollout technology, starting with a subset of Insiders and ramping up over time as we monitor feedback to see how they land before pushing them out to everyone in this channel.
• The desktop watermark shown at the lower right corner of the desktop is normal for Windows Insider pre-release builds.
• Some features may show up in the Dev and Beta Channels first before showing up in the Canary Channel.
• For Windows Insiders who want to be the first to get features gradually rolled out to you, you can turn ON the toggle to get the latest updates as they are available via Settings > Windows Update*. Over time, we will increase the rollouts of features to everyone with the toggle turned on. Should you keep this toggle off, new features will gradually be rolled out to your PC over time once they are ready.
• Some features in active development we preview with Windows Insiders may not be fully localized and localization will happen over time as features are finalized. As you see issues with localization in your language, please report those issues to us via Feedback Hub.
• To get off the Canary Channel, a clean install of Windows 11 will be required. As a reminder - Insiders can’t switch to a channel that is receiving builds with lower build numbers without doing a clean installation of Windows 11 due to technical setup requirements.
• Check out Flight Hub for a complete look at what build is in which Insider channel.

Thanks, Windows Insider Program Team