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Building a Better AI App


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This week, Federico and John pick and choose their favorite AI app features to imagine a better AI app future, critiquing the leading LLM apps along the way. And, as a bonus, John explains why read-later apps should support Shortcuts and other automation schemes.

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    Building a Better AI App
    • Federico and John take a close look at what works and what doesn’t with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, NotebookLM and other AI apps.
    • Read-later apps could learn a thing or rwo from GoodLinks.
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