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One of the questions people have about AI is, “How safe is my job?” There’s been a ton of organizations publishing research on this, and now Open AI decided to do some. According to the company, AI could replace 19% of highly-educated, well-paid workers, with programming being particularly at risk.

Elon’s tweets may soon disappear before we can read them. In a reply to a user asking about the potential return of ‘Fleets’ (tweets that disappear after 24 hours, like Instagram Stories), Musk said: ‘But not in the way it was done last time.’ Search functionality has also been restricted to signed-in Twitter users. How do you feel about all the recent changes at Twitter? Let’s talk about it.

OpenAI yesterday announced new privacy controls for ChatGPT, including the ability to turn off chat history and allow users to choose which conversations can be used to train their models. The company is also planning another new pricing tier for ChatGPT, and it’s targeted at enterprises and “professionals who need more control over their data.”

Heads up, makers: Using the phrase ‘GPT’— which stands for Generative Pre-trained Transformer — may soon be off-limits when it comes to naming ChatGPT-powered products.

OpenAI last month asked the USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) to pretty please hurry things up with the GPT trademark application they submitted in December last year, on account of the “myriad infringements and counterfeit apps” being launched on the daily.

It’s Monday, which means it’s another week for makers everywhere to smash their goals. If you’re at a crossroads in your maker journey or just need some wisdom, the community has shared the best advice they’ve ever received here.

Twitter acted on its promise to remove legacy blue ticks from those who don’t pay the $8 a month charge. Starting yesterday, people across the site noticed their verification badges had vanished. This has led to a lot of suggestions on the future of verification, including one very familiar method. 

Following Twitter's announcement of a $42k/month fee for API users, Microsoft will remove Twitter from its ad platform in a week. In response, Musk tweeted a lawsuit threat related to Microsoft’s allegedly illegal use of Twitter data for training.

Nvidia just dropped a new research document showcasing the latest abilities in text-to-video, and the results speak for themselves. Could the next Star Wars be made entirely from a text document? Probably not (yet).

ICYMI Samsung is pondering whether or not to drop Google as its default search engine on smartphones in favor of Bing. This has Google somewhat worried, announcing they’re working on a new search engine powered by AI.

What do you get when you combine Drake, the Weeknd, and AI? A whole new song, apparently. The song made by “Ghostwriter977” using AI has taken the internet by storm. It goes to show that AI audio is having a moment. We even wrote about it here.