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TGIF, my TechCrunch homies. It\u2019s that time of week again \u2014 the time for Week in Review<\/a>, where we recap the past five days in tech news. As always, lots happened, so let\u2019s dig in sans delay.<\/p>\n

Well, perhaps with a slight delay. I\u2019d be remiss if I didn\u2019t mention that TechCrunch Early Stage<\/a>, TechCrunch\u2019s annual founder summit, is around the corner \u2014 on April 20, to be exact. Set in Boston this year, Early Stage will host sessions with advice and takeaways from top experts and provide opportunities to meet entrepreneurs taking incredible journeys. Trust me, it\u2019ll be worth the trek.<\/p>\n

Disrupt, TechCrunch\u2019s flagship conference, will also be well <\/em>worth the trek. (And I\u2019m not just saying that because yours truly will be participating \u2014 I swear it!) This year, Disrupt will feature six new stages with industry-specific programming tracks, inspired by our popular TC Sessions series. Experts across climate, mobility, fintech, AI and machine learning, enterprise, privacy and security, and hardware and robotics will be in attendance and will have fascinating insights to share.<\/p>\n

So, signed up for both events? Great. Now, here\u2019s the Week in Review!<\/p>\n

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ChatGPT in API form:<\/a> <\/strong>OpenAI introduced an API that\u2019ll allow any business to build ChatGPT tech into their apps, websites, products and services. (As a refresher, ChatGPT<\/a> is the free text-generating AI that can write human-like code, emails, essays and more.) Snap, Quizlet, Instacart and Shopify are among the early adopters.<\/p>\n

Becoming human:<\/a><\/strong> A startup,\u00a0Figure<\/a>, emerged from stealth this week promising a general-purpose bipedal humanoid robot. (Brian<\/a> broke the news<\/a> of the startup\u2019s existence in September, in case you missed it.) The Figure robot\u2019s alpha build, which the company completed in December, is currently being tested in its Sunnyvale offices. It\u2019s focused on a wide range of manual labor tasks for now.<\/p>\n

Warrantless surveillance:<\/a><\/strong> Zack<\/a> reports that the Secret Service and ICE\u2019s Homeland Security Investigations unit repeatedly failed to obtain the correct legal paperwork when carrying out invasive cell phone surveillance. The findings were published last week<\/a>\u00a0by Homeland Security\u2019s inspector general, tasked with oversight of the U.S. federal department and its many law enforcement units, which said that the agencies often used cell-site simulators without obtaining the appropriate search warrants.<\/p>\n

Salesforce turns it around:<\/a> <\/strong>This week, Salesforce reported its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings<\/a>, including revenue that topped expectations and guidance that came in ahead of street estimates. It was a much-needed win for the company, which was facing increasing pressure from activist investors<\/a>, including Elliott Management.<\/p>\n

Hydrogen powered:<\/a> <\/strong>Startup Universal Hydrogen took to the air this week with the largest hydrogen fuel cell ever to fly. The 15-minute test flight of a modified Dash-8 aircraft was short, but \u2014 as Mark<\/a> writes \u2014 it showed that hydrogen could be viable as fuel for short-hop passenger aircraft. (Many technical and regulatory barriers stand in the way, however.)<\/p>\n

Pause your streak:<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>Ivan<\/a> reports that Snapchat will allow users to pause their Snap streaks \u2014 where you send a snap to your friend once every 24 hours \u2014 so they don\u2019t have to worry about breaking them if they decide to not access the app for a while.<\/p>\n

New nonprofit for AI:<\/strong><\/a> A community-driven AI research group, EleutherAI<\/a>, is\u00a0forming<\/a> a nonprofit foundation. Funded by donations and grants from backers, including AI startups Hugging Face and Stability AI, former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman, Lambda Labs and Canva, the nonprofit plans to research issues around large language models along the lines of OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT.<\/p>\n

Ceasing \u201cSuccession\u201d:<\/strong><\/a> The official trailer for the final season of \u201cSuccession\u201d premiered this week, and it appears that the series is ending with an epic mic drop. As Lauren writes<\/a>, the HBO series was not only hugely successful, with its 13 Emmy wins and five Golden Globe awards, but it was also an interesting commentary on the media industry. Creator and showrunner Jesse Armstrong has admitted<\/a> to taking inspiration from lots of places, including the Rupert Murdoch playbook.<\/p>\n

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Like Elon Musk\u2019s meddling<\/a> with Twitter, the TechCrunch podcast machine never stops. This week on Equity<\/a>, Mary Ann<\/a>, Becca<\/a> and Alex<\/a> gathered to riff through the week\u2019s biggest startup and venture news, including what\u2019s happening in the land of NFTs, AI versus crypto in venture hype cycles and Amazon\u2019s unlikely partnership. And on The TechCrunch Live Podcast<\/a>, Matt Burns spoke with Sagi Eliyahu, CEO and co-founder of Tonkean, and Foundation Capital partner Joanne Chen, all about addressing blind spots in leadership and the best ways for founders to work with their board of directors.<\/p>\n

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TC+ subscribers get access to in-depth commentary, analysis and surveys \u2014 which you know if you\u2019re already a subscriber. If you\u2019re not, consider signing up<\/a>. Here are a few highlights from this week:<\/em><\/p>\n

The \u201cbranding\u201d issue for female VCs:<\/strong><\/a> The goal of being a VC is to generate returns for limited partners, and there\u2019s an understanding that a diverse startup ecosystem will lead to better outcomes for all. But Natasha<\/a> and Rebecca<\/a> write about how balancing those two, for female VCs, has often manifested in different, often frustrating ways.<\/p>\n

Jumping on the AI bandwagon:<\/a> <\/strong>Camilla Tenn, a PR consultant for Eleven International, writes on whether tech startups should shift their messaging toward AI-related topics. If AI-related coverage can get a new, unknown brand into its target publications today, she argues, it could help get the brand\u2019s pitch deck in front of potential investors tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Turning open source into a business: <\/strong><\/a>Despite the premise of open source software distribution being \u201cfree,\u201d multibillion-dollar companies like Red Hat, MongoDB, GitLab and Elastic have already broken ground building profitable businesses with open source at their core. But is it possible for a smaller open source project to find its way into this land of commercial opportunity? Victoria Melnikova investigates.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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