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Data analytics company Fractal, which became India's first AI unicorn in 2022, raised $313M in its Mumbai IPO; its shares fell 5% amid a weak Indian IPO market

Fractal Analytics, which became India's first AI unicorn in 2022, files for an IPO in Mumbai, aiming to raise ~$560M, which would value the company at $3.5B+

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Google strikes a deal with Reddit, reportedly for $60M/year, gaining Reddit Data API access to surface more Reddit content in Search and to train its AI models

what you need to know Eileen AJ Connelly / The Wrap : Reddit Inks $60 Million-a-Year Deal To Train Google AI Ahead of Expected IPO | Report Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable : No Joke: Google ...

MrBeast asks whether social media platforms are “ready to handle the rise of AI deepfakes” after a deepfake scam TikTok ad, since deleted, used his likeness

but it turns out that, like Tom Hanks, he was the face of an AI scam Rounak Jain / Benzinga : Is MrBeast Really Giving Away 10,000 iPhone 15 Pros On TikTok? Here's What You Need To Know Threads: Dare ...