Since a lot of people are trying to get their own Adsense account approved Adsense team is promissing that will be easier and faster to apply for AdSense and get your account approved.
Starting today, you'll have immediate access to your AdSense account once you sign up. Previously, when you applied for AdSense, you'd need to wait for your account information to be approved before you could access your account and place ad units on your site. Now you can create ad units and place them on your site right after signing up for AdSense. Read more