Italy's privacy regulator has temporarily blocked ChatGPT and opened an investigation into OpenAI over processing user data and potential non-compliance with the EU's GDPR - Link
Block claims 44M of its 51M Cash App MAUs were verified through its identity program at the end of 2022; the company also denied Hindenburg Research's allegations, which claimed 40%-75% of Cash App users were fake, fraudulent, or duplicates - Link
Twitter has made a portion of its source code, including its recommendation algorithm, available for public inspection on GitHub - Link
Axios sources: The White House will not pay to have staff accounts maintain verification status on Twitter; major accounts like President Biden and VP Harris will likely keep grey checkmarks regardless - Link
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Vinny Lingham joins Jason to break down the state of crypto's de-platforming by the US government. They discuss recent happenings with Coinbase (2:13), Balaji's Bitcoin bet (20:00), Binance (38:23), SBF (44:07), and more! Then, they wrap with a discussion about the coming balkanization of AI (52:54) - Link
Agreena, a Danish farming startup that helps farmers earn carbon credits by turning land into CO2-removing carbon sinks, raised a €46M Series B led by German VC firm HV Capital - Link
BlackRock has marked down the valuation of Byju's, India's most valuable startup, from $22B to ~$11.5B; Byju's is an online learning platform and has raised ~$6.4B to date - Link
WSJ sources: Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma helped orchestrate the company's six-way split from overseas, despite having stepped down as exec chairman in 2019 - Link
Chinese authorities have opened an investigation into Micron's products being sold in China, citing supply chain safety - Link
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