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The Fractal Fragmentation of AI Tools


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This week on AppStories, Federico and John look at the confusing array of tools and naming conventions used by Anthropic and OpenAI.

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The Fragmented World of AI Tools
  • Anthropic’s Claude
  • Claude for Mac
  • Claude Cowork
  • Claude Code
  • Claude Code on the web
  • Claude Code Remote Control
  • Model Context Protocol (MCP)
  • OpenAI’s Codex
    • ChatGPT for Mac
  • Codex for Mac
  • Codex CLI
  • GPT-5.4
  • GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark
  • Cerebras
  • Codex Skills GitHub Repository
  • Also mentioned:
    • Playwright
  • Todoist
  • Notion
  • Gmail
  • Pushover
  • Linear
  • GitHub
  • Brrr
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    • iZotope RX 11
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