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Another week of living through history being made. How did yours go? We want to know. Today: A product management tool designed to help teams make better prioritization decisions, a platform working to change the way people apply for Global Talent Visas, and 750+ free illustrations for Figma users.

Happy Star Wars Day, to all who observe.

In today’s newsletter: Five new tools to improve the vibes at work, even if “work” is a fictional place you access from a portal in your home; how to make your rambling voice recordings sound as smart as Shakespeare; and an app that lets you FaceTime your favorite users while they’re using your product.

OpenAI has reportedly sent a letter to a European computer science student threatening a lawsuit if the student doesn’t remove their project, GPT4Free, from GitHub. The student is keeping the repo up with a disclaimer, and has allegedly told OpenAI that it should try sending a formal request to GitHub instead.

Geoffrey Hinton, the "Godfather of AI" has quit Google, citing concerns about the potential for mass misinformation. After spending 10 years at Google, he says he partly regrets his contribution to AI. Read more in today’s upcoming edition of Deeper Learning, Product Hunt’s weekly newsletter about AI. Sign up here.

It’s the week of successions, it seems, King Charles is set to be coronated on May 6. Meanwhile, Microsoft announced their own succession of sorts: the latest update to Windows 10 will be the last, and users will now be prompted to upgrade to Windows 11. 

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.