Fable 5 and OpenAI’s Curious ChatGPT Update
· 52 min · Episode 493
Episode Fable 5 and OpenAI’s Curious ChatGPT Update
This week on AppStories, Federico and John look at our experiences with Claude Fable 5 and how they differ from other models and break down the controversial changes made by OpenAI to its Mac’s ChatGPT app.
Then on AppStories+, John and Federico contrast their experiences with Fable 5 and OpenAI’s new family of GPT 5.6 models.
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Links and Show Notes App State
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Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5
• Claude Fable
What did OpenAI Do to ChatGPT?
• The New ChatGPT
• The ChatGPT “Super App” Sort of Super Sucks
• AppStories, Episode 483: Codex as a Productivity Super App
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• GPT 5.6 Announcement
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- https://www.anthropic.com/claude/fable
- https://openai.com/chatgpt-work/
- https://spyglass.org/chatgpt-gets-to-work/
- https://www.macstories.net/podcasts/appstories-plus/483/
- https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-6/
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