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YouTube Gets The Oscars, ChatGPT is Now a Platform, AI vs Human Creators
Episode 109 · 18 Dec 2025
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Oscars ditch traditional TV for YouTube, ChatGPT’s image upgrades are significant, 5.2 launches with an entire app store, Merriam-Webster crowns “slop” as 2025’s word of the year, and who are the players in the battle for your TV.
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- Shop Rock Paper Pencil — iPad Paper Screen Protector + Apple Pencil Tips - Astropad
- Capture App - App Store
- iOS 26.3: New features for your iPhone - 9to5Mac
- Oscars Bolts from ABC to YouTube Starting in 2029
- My Favorite Murder and The Breakfast Club podcasts are ditching YouTube for Netflix | The Verge
- The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI reach landmark agreement
- ReThinking: Margaret Atwood on… - Worklife with Adam Grant - Apple Podcasts
- Introducing GPT-5.2 | OpenAI
- OpenAI’s ChatGPT Updated to Make Images Better and Faster - Bloomberg
- Developers can now submit apps to ChatGPT | OpenAI
- AI Thumbnail Comparison @stephenrobles.com on Bluesky
- Google announces Gemini 3 Flash, rolling out to Gemini app
- Instagram is putting Reels on your TV | The Verge
- Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is ‘slop’ | The Verge
- New M5 iMac model aimed at pro users might be coming, per leak - 9to5Mac
- - Intro
- - Safari Browser Debate
- - eSIM Switching Phones
- - iOS 26.2 Brightness Bug
- - YouTube Gets The Oscars
- - Netflix vs YouTube vs...
- - Sponsor: Udacity
- - Sponsor: Masterclass
- - OpenAI X Disney Deal
- - AI vs Real Creators
- - ChatGPT 5.2 and Apps
- - Slop Word Of The Year
- - Personal Tech Recs
- - Pluribus