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

• Appalachian State University

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

AppStories+ Post-Show

• GPT 5.6 Announcement

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