This week on AppStories, Federico and John draw from their experiences using AI agents to imagine the sort of agent Apple could build with tight hardware and software integration if it had a LLM to orchestrate the pieces already in place.

On AppStories+, John asks where artificial intelligence falls on the spectrum of historical technology milestones.

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Links and Show Notes

Agentic AI Tools

• OpenClaw
• OpenClaw on GitHub
• Claude Code
• Claude Cowork
• Claude Code Channels
• Claude Dispatch
• Perplexity Computer
• OpenAI Codex

Related News

• OpenClaw, OpenAI and the Future — Peter Steinberger
• OpenAI Reportedly Pivoting to a Focus on Business and Productivity Only (Gizmodo)
• Anthropic Turns the Tables on OpenAI in Critical Revenue Category (Axios)

Apple and AI

• Apple Intelligence
• App Intents
• Private Cloud Compute

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• Where does AI rank as a tech innovation?

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