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Software Delivery Club Newsletter 2023-02-03
We made it out of January!
Welcome to the end of the week. What did we learn this week? That ChatCPT is going commercial, and so is the Twitter API.
https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt-plus/
The new subscription plan, ChatGPT Plus, will be available for $20/month, and subscribers will receive a number of benefits:
- General access to ChatGPT, even during peak times
- Faster response times
- Priority access to new features and improvements
Twitter is removing the Free Tier completely and this will undoubtedly have a big effect on the connected app ecosystem. If you're using any form of Twitter integrated tooling - this could hurt. It could end up hurting Twitter too. I imagine the phones to Twitter HQ are pretty hot right now!
I've been preparing for FOSDEM this week - I'll be talking about Rosegarden on Sunday. Please join me either in person or online.
Have a great weekend,
Richard
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