We're applying for 2024 update

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-                            <p>We have been accepted to GSoC 2023!</p>
-                            <p>Contributors: Please start with the <a href="https://python-gsoc.org/#gettingstarted">Python GSoC getting started guide</a> and don't forget to read the <a href="#apply">How To Apply</a> section.
+                            <p>Python is intending to apply to GSoC 2024.</p>
+                            <p>Contributors: Please start with the <a href="https://python-gsoc.org/#gettingstarted">Python GSoC getting started guide</a>.  We won't have mentors signed up and ready to help you or well-defined project ideas ready until February 2024 or so, but you can go ahead and get some practice on any open source project while you wait.
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-                            <p>Mentors and sub-orgs: please <a href="#contact">contact the org admins</a> if you want to be part of GSoC 2023.</p>
+                            <p>Mentors and sub-orgs: please <a href="#contact">contact the org admins</a> if you want to be part of GSoC 2024.</p>
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                             What do bad applications look like?
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                             <p>Python regularly discards about half of our the GSoC applications because they aren't valid.  Here's what most rejected applications look like:</p>
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-                               <li>Submitted a cover letter and resume only. This isn't enough information and will land you in our "ignore" pile.</li>
-                               <li>Submitted a blank file.</li>
-                               <li>Submitted a random ebook or other file on your hard drive. Not only is this not a valid GSoC application, it's often copyright infringement.</li>
-                               <li>Submitted your grand idea for improving Python the language.  You can read more about how to propose enhancements to python in <a href="https://peps.python.org/pep-0001/">PEP-1</a>, but GSoC is not the place for that.</li>
-                               <li>Project ideas not associated with a sub-org.  Often these are related to current popular topics (For example, in 2020 we got a lot of covid-tracking application proposals.)</li>
-                               <li>Really simple python application ideas that are not 175 or 350 hours worth of work (For example, a python "hello world" script. Seriously.)</li>
-                               <li>Random python code converted to a pdf.</li>
-                               <li>A small business or personal open source project idea. GSoC is not a startup incubator, sorry. You need to apply to work with an open source project that already exists and has mentors available.</li>
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+                               <li><strong>Cover letter and/or resume only.</strong> This isn't enough information to match you with a mentor and project, so it will land you in our "ignore" pile.</li>
+                               <li><strong>A blank file.</strong></li>
+                               <li><strong>A random ebook or other file on your hard drive.</strong> Not only is this not a valid GSoC application, it's often copyright infringement.</li>
+                               <li><strong>Submitted your grand idea for improving Python the language.</strong>  You can read more about how to propose enhancements to python in <a href="https://peps.python.org/pep-0001/">PEP-1</a>, but GSoC is not the place for that.</li>
+                               <li><strong>Project ideas not associated with a sub-org.</strong>  Often these are related to current popular topics.  For example, in 2020 we got a lot of covid-tracking application proposals. If you want to work on generative AI, LLMs, crypto, machine learning, big data, etc please apply to a do a project suggested by a mentor or work directly with a sub-org to make sure your project idea is something they actually want.  Most "hot topic" ideas we get are very poorly researched, infeasible, or otherwise not viable GSoC projects.</strong>
+                               <li><strong>Really simple python application ideas that are not 175 or 350 hours worth of work</strong> (For example, a python "hello world" script. Seriously. We get several of these most years.)</li>
+                               <li><strong>Random python code converted to a pdf.</strong></li>
+                               <li><strong>A small business or personal open source project idea.</strong> GSoC is not a startup incubator, sorry. You need to apply to work with an open source project that already exists and has mentors available.</li>
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