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+# AI Tools Deadpool 2026 — RightAIChoice — CC BY 4.0
+# live catalog as of 2026-07-25; source https://rightaichoice.com/state-of-ai-tools/ai-tools-deadpool-2026
+# all 7999 tracked tools link-probed since 2026-06-27
+# section=headline rows are mortality signals. section=diagnostic rows are NOT — read their definition before citing.
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+section,metric,count,pct,denominator,definition
+headline,main_site_down,132,1.7,7999,the tool home page URL is among its dead links (exact-page match) - strongest abandonment signal
+headline,first_party_broken_link,410,5.1,7999,"at least one VENDOR-PUBLISHED URL (website, docs, changelog, code repository) failed the probe"
+headline,contact_only_pricing,1309,16.4,7999,"vendor publishes contact-sales-only pricing - a vendor choice, not a data gap"
+headline,wrapper_dependence,315,3.9,7999,thin wrapper over another provider model
+diagnostic,resource_link_rot,3421,42.8,7999,NOT A MORTALITY SIGNAL - counts ALL probed URLs incl. documentation URLs derived by our own pipeline; 88% of these tools have no broken vendor-published link
+diagnostic,derived_only_broken,3011,88,3421,"tools flagged by resource_link_rot but NOT by first_party_broken_link - DENOMINATOR IS resource_link_rot, not the catalog; measures contamination from our own URL generation"
+diagnostic,pricing_not_recorded,917,11.5,7999,"no pricing tiers held in OUR catalog for a non-contact-priced tool - a gap in our data, not a claim about the vendor"
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+section,category,tools,first_party_broken_count,first_party_broken_pct,resource_link_rot_count,resource_link_rot_pct,avg_viability
+category,Marketing & SEO,760,59,7.8,382,50.3,83.5
+category,Business Intelligence,191,13,6.8,94,49.2,83.7
+category,Design & UI,288,19,6.6,122,42.4,83.1
+category,Customer Support,385,25,6.5,198,51.4,83.5
+category,Video & Audio,900,54,6,344,38.2,81.4
+category,Voice & Speech,328,19,5.8,133,40.5,81.8
+category,Writing & Content,604,33,5.5,198,32.8,78.7
+category,Security & Privacy,265,14,5.3,142,53.6,84.2
+category,Developer Infrastructure,1164,58,5,616,52.9,83.3
+category,Healthcare,361,18,5,134,37.1,81.3
+category,Image Generation,893,42,4.7,294,32.9,79.3
+category,Research & Education,901,39,4.3,251,27.9,78.4
+category,Data & Analytics,743,31,4.2,336,45.2,83.2
+category,Productivity,1181,42,3.6,453,38.4,81.2
+category,Automation & Agents,1807,65,3.6,832,46,83.2
+category,Business & Finance,610,21,3.4,258,42.3,83.1
+category,Code & Development,1081,37,3.4,471,43.6,81.2

ai-tools-deadpool-2026.json

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+{"name":"AI Tools Deadpool 2026","source":"RightAIChoice","url":"https://rightaichoice.com/state-of-ai-tools/ai-tools-deadpool-2026","license":"CC BY 4.0","generated_at":"2026-07-25T20:06:38.693Z","live_catalog":{"as_of_date":"2026-07-25","note":"Recomputed daily from the continuously-verified catalog. Conservative definitions. 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