Good afternoon, and welcome to TechCrunch PM. I hope you had a great weekend. Now, buckle up because I have some great stories for you. Among them is a story about not needing a ChatGPT account to use it anymore. There’s also news about a startup making synthetic natural gas from electricity and air and Telegram is taking on Meta. Enjoy! — Christine

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No ChatGPT account for you: That’s right, OpenAI is making its flagship conversational AI accessible to everyone, even people who haven’t bothered making an account. But as reporter Devin Coldewey writes, there are some catches. Namely, you won’t be able to save or share chats, use custom instructions, or other stuff that generally has to be associated with a persistent account. Read More

Passing gas: Terraform Industries is helping us reduce our dependence on hydrocarbons. Its technology, a system it calls the Terraformer, uses electricity and air to produce synthetic natural gas. And for the first time, it has commissioned a demonstrator Terraformer. Read More

The AltStore cometh: Move over, Apple, the AltStore, an alternative app store, is taking advantage of Europe’s Digital Markets Act, and Apple’s woes with it, to launch an updated version of its app marketplace in the European Union with plans to support Patreon-backed apps. Read More

Afternoon must-reads

Telegram challenges Meta: Messaging app Telegram’s new features aimed at businesses and ad-revenue sharing are live. Check out Telegram Business, which has some options that have it going after the likes of WhatsApp and Messenger. Read More

Women in AI: In our ongoing series of interviews focused on remarkable women who’ve contributed to the AI revolution, meet Urvashi Aneja, the founding director of Digital Futures Lab. Aneja recently authored a study on the current uses of AI in India, reviewing use cases across such sectors as policing and agriculture. Read More

Early Stage Boston: Get ready for the April 25 event! Among those presenting is Fidelity, which will share “Preparing to Raise: Cap Table Best Practices to Help You Close Fast.” So if you’re preparing to raise money to fuel your startup, don’t miss this session. Read More

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Around the web

What goes up, must come down. As was the case with Trump Media’s shares after the company said it lost $58 million. The drop effectively shaved off some valuation, too. The Washington Post has more.

Meanwhile, Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD, backed by investors like Warren Buffett, reported its sales jumped in March amid a fiercely competitive EV market, The Wall Street Journal reported. Your move, Tesla.

And here’s a public-private partnership that we didn’t know we needed but are glad to see it happening. UPS will become the primary air cargo provider for the United States Postal Service, The Hill reported.

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