The Fractal Fragmentation of AI Tools

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

On AppStories+, John explains how he automated two unautomatable Mac apps.

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Links and Show Notes
The Fragmented World of AI Tools
• Anthropic’s Claude
• Claude for Mac (claude.com/download)

• Claude Cowork (claude.com/product/cowork)

• Claude Code (claude.com/product/claude-code)

• Claude Code on the web (anthropic.com/news/claude-code-on-the-web)

• Claude Code Remote Control (code.claude.com/docs/en/remote-control)

• Model Context Protocol (MCP) (anthropic.com/news/model-context-protocol)

• OpenAI’s Codex
• ChatGPT for Mac (openai.com/chatgpt/desktop)

• Codex for Mac (openai.com/index/introducing-the-codex-app)

• Codex CLI (github.com/openai/codex)

• GPT-5.4 (openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-4)

• GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark (openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-3-codex-spark)

• Cerebras (cerebras.ai/blog/openai-codexspark)