It’s been almost a year since one of the world’s top billionaires, Elon Musk of Tesla fame, purchased Twitter and started the process of rebranding it as “X.” Since its acquisition, Musk has implemented several changes to the platform, from changing the iconic “Bird” logo to “X” to closing down Twitter circles. Musk even introduced a new premium subscription plan for the platform. This new $1 plan was first mentioned a month ago during an AI roundtable discussion between Musk, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, co-founder of OpenAI Greg Brockman, and an MIT AI researcher, Max Tegmark. Now, it looks like Musk is ready to test a new “Not a Bot” subscription plan. X’s Not a Bot plan is rolling out in two countries According to X’s help center post, this new “Not a Bot” subscription plan is a test to enhance the platform’s effort to reduce spam. The plan is currently going live in two countries–New Zealand and the Philippines. Starting today, we're testing a new program (Not A Bot) in New Zealand and the Philippines. New, unverified accounts will be required to sign up for a $1 annual subscription to be able to post & interact with other posts. Within this test, existing users are not affected.This…— Support (@Support) October 17, 2023 If you are an existing X user and live in any of these countries, don’t worry. You won’t be affected by this $1/year plan. However, it’s still unclear if the terms will remain the same when…X, formerly Twitter, trials $1 per year subscription for new users