I've been testing GLM 5.2 on Z.ai and it genuinely made me question why I'm paying $30 a month for Claude.
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Which AI tools does Andy Stapleton use?
Andy Stapleton has explicitly shown using Claude, GLM 5.2 and ChatGPT Work for AI assistance. This answer is based on 4 public receipts; each quote, date and sponsorship label is shown below. Paid placements are labelled separately and never hidden.
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Only approved statements explicitly classified as usage, with at least 90% extraction confidence and a source from the last three years, can appear here.
I put GLM 5.2 head-to-head with Claude Opus 4.8 on three real academic tasks.
I tested ChatGPT Work on real experimental data to see whether it's actually useful for academia and research
Claude AI just became the most powerful research assistant available to academics
“Uses” describes what the cited public source showed at that date, not a guarantee that the creator still uses the tool today. Corrections can be reported from any receipt.