Meta’s answer to what used to be Twitter, Threads, may get one of its two most requested features this week…a web version. Engadget.com reports that Instagram head Adam Mosseri said last week “It’s a little bit buggy right now, you don’t want it just yet. As soon as it is ready we will share it with everybody else.” Threads just added the ability to set notifications and view posts in chronological order. Users hope the other most requested feature…the ability to search posts…not just search for accounts…will be getting into user hands soon, too.

YouTube is getting together with record labels, working on fashioning rules for how AI generated music will work on its platform. According to theverge.com, this includes details concerning monetization opportunities for both companies and creators. In a note, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan said “Generative AI systems may amplify current challenges like trademark and copyright abuse, misinformation, spam, and more, but AI can also be used to identify this sort of content, and we’ll continue to invest in the AI-powered technology that helps us protect our community of viewers, creators, artists and songwriters.” YouTube didn’t offer any further details about how it all would work.

IBM has just released a report analyzing how the emergence of AI is affecting company business models, and finds that 40% of workers will have to ‘reskill’ in the next 3 years. Zdnet.com says that amounts to a gigantic 1.4 billion out of the 3.4 billion people in the worldwide work force. The report found that 87% of executives expect generative AI to augment roles rather than replace them. Or at least that’s what they are saying. A warning in the report for employees….quote: “AI won’t replace people—but people who use AI will replace people who don’t,” said IBM in the report.

After a fire truck hit a Cruise vehicle last Thursday, the California DMV has asked the company to cut its robo-taxi fleet in San Francisco in half. The Fire truck was in the oncoming lane, red light and siren when it hit the cruise vehicle in the intersection…the Cruise vehicle didn’t yield as required by law. Techcrunch.com reports that DMV is investigating quote: ‘recent concerning incidents.’ Cruise will be allowed no more than 50 driverless cars during the day and 150 at night until the investigation is complete.

I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now.